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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 11-23376-CIV-Lenard RUBEN CAMPA [FERNANDO GONZALEZ], Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant / UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO RUBEN CAMPA’S MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. §2255 TO VACATE, SET ASIDE OR CORRECT SENTENCE Through counsel, Ruben Campa (“Movant Campa”) has moved to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence in Case No. 98-721-Cr-LENARD(s)(s), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2255. He makes essentially two claims: that payments to local journalists from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (“BBG”) amount to a fatal due-process violation; and that his sentencing guideline was wrongly enhanced by two-levels for obstruction of justice because of ineffective representation by his attorney. Both claims lack merit. The claim concerning journalists does not establish a due-process violation, and, in any event, Movant has shown no prejudice based on that claim and cannot overcome the binding appellate determination that the trial court ensured selection of a fair and unbiased jury that was properly insulated from media accounts. It also essentially amounts to a claim of newly discovered evidence, which is time-barred. The substance of the guideline-enhancement claim is not cognizable as a §2255 issue, and in any event the guideline-enhancement was proper, and Movant’s counsel provided effective Case 1:11-cv-23376-JAL Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/06/2011 Page 1 of 61 2 representation on the sentencing issue at trial and on appeal. Movant’s request for an evidentiary hearing is not merited. The United States respectfully submits that the Motion should be denied. Movant Campa 1 is one of five co-defendants convicted at trial in Case No. 98-721-Cr- LENARD(s)(s). All five have filed §2255 motions. See Gerardo Hernandez v. United States, Case No. 10-21957-cv-LENARD; Rene Gonzalez v. United States, Case No. 10-21975-cv- LENARD; Antonio Guerrero v. United States, Case No. 10-23966-cv-LENARD; Ruben Campa v. United States, Case No. 11-23376-cv-LENARD. The United States previously has responded to the §2255 motions of co-defendants Hernandez, Gonzalez, and Guerrero, each of which also raised the claim about BBG payments to local journalists. The United States today is responding in separate but similar pleadings to the §2255 motions of Movant Campa in this case and of co- defendant Luis Medina (hereafter “Movant Medina” 2 1 This Movant was charged as “John Doe No. 3, a/k/a Ruben Campa.” Later he claimed, through counsel, that his true name is Fernando Gonzalez Llort. He was referred to as Campa extensively in the proceedings and in the lengthy opinions of the Court of Appeals; we continue to use this reference. ) in Case No. 11-22854-cv-LENARD. Due to the close similarity of the §2255 motions of Movant Campa and Movant Medina – each movant raises the same two claims, and significant portions of their briefs are verbatim the same – the United States will make the same response to each of their respective motions. Thus, from this point onward, the United States’ responses in opposition to Movant Campa’s §2255 motion in this case and to Movant Medina’s §2255 motion in Case No. 11-22854-cv-LENARD are 2 .This Movant was charged as “John Doe No. 2, a/k/a Luis Medina III.” Later he claimed, through counsel, that his true name is Ramon Labanino Salazar. He was referred to as Medina extensively in the proceedings and in the lengthy opinions of the Court of Appeals; we continue to use this reference Case 1:11-cv-23376-JAL Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/06/2011 Page 2 of 61

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OR

RE

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SEN

TE

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E

Thro

ugh

coun

sel,

Rub

en C

ampa

(“M

ovan

t C

ampa

”) h

as m

oved

to

vaca

te, s

et a

side

or

corr

ect

his

sent

ence

in

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e N

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s), p

ursu

ant

to 2

8 U

.S.C

. §22

55. H

e

mak

es e

ssen

tially

two

clai

ms:

that

pay

men

ts to

loca

l jou

rnal

ists

from

the

Bro

adca

stin

gB

oard

of

Gov

erno

rs (

“BB

G”)

am

ount

to a

fat

al d

ue-p

roce

ss v

iola

tion;

and

that

his

sen

tenc

ing

guid

elin

e

was

w

rong

ly

enha

nced

by

tw

o-le

vels

for

obst

ruct

ion

of

just

ice

beca

use

of

inef

fect

ive

repr

esen

tatio

n by

his

atto

rney

.Bot

h cl

aim

s la

ck m

erit.

The

cla

im c

once

rnin

g jo

urna

lists

doe

sno

t

esta

blis

ha

due-

proc

ess

viol

atio

n, a

nd, i

n an

y ev

ent,

Mov

ant h

as s

how

n no

pre

judi

ce b

ased

on

that

cla

im a

nd c

anno

t ove

rcom

e th

e bi

ndin

gap

pella

te d

eter

min

atio

n th

at th

e tri

al c

ourt

ensu

red

sele

ctio

n of

a f

air

and

unbi

ased

jury

that

was

pro

perly

insu

late

d fr

om m

edia

acc

ount

s.It

also

esse

ntia

lly a

mou

nts

to a

cla

im o

f ne

wly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

, w

hich

is

time-

barr

ed.

The

subs

tanc

e of

the

gui

delin

e-en

hanc

emen

t cl

aim

is n

ot c

ogni

zabl

e as

a §

2255

iss

ue, a

nd i

n an

y

even

t th

e gu

idel

ine-

enha

ncem

ent

was

pr

oper

, an

dM

ovan

t’s

coun

sel

prov

ided

ef

fect

ive

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

t 9

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on

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e 1

of 6

1

2

repr

esen

tatio

n on

the

sent

enci

ngis

sue

attri

alan

don

appe

al.M

ovan

t’sre

ques

t for

an

evid

entia

ry

hear

ing

is n

ot m

erite

d. T

he U

nite

d St

ates

resp

ectfu

lly su

bmits

that

the

Mot

ion

shou

ld b

e de

nied

.

Mov

ant C

ampa

1is

one

of

five

co-d

efen

dant

s co

nvic

ted

at tr

ial i

n C

ase

No.

98-

721-

Cr-

LEN

AR

D(s

)(s)

. All

five

have

file

d §2

255

mot

ions

. See

Ger

ardo

Her

nand

ez v

. Uni

ted

Stat

es,

Cas

e N

o. 1

0-21

957-

cv-L

ENA

RD

;Re

ne G

onza

lez

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, C

ase

No.

10-2

1975

-cv-

LEN

AR

D; A

nton

io G

uerr

ero

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, Cas

e N

o. 1

0-23

966-

cv-L

ENA

RD

;Ru

ben

Cam

pa

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, Cas

e N

o. 1

1-23

376-

cv-L

ENA

RD

. The

Uni

ted

Stat

es p

revi

ousl

y ha

s re

spon

ded

to th

e §2

255

mot

ions

of

co-d

efen

dant

s H

erna

ndez

, Gon

zale

z, a

nd G

uerr

ero,

eac

h of

whi

ch a

lso

rais

ed th

e cl

aim

abo

ut B

BG

pay

men

ts to

loca

l jou

rnal

ists

. The

Uni

ted

Stat

es to

day

is re

spon

ding

in s

epar

ate

but s

imila

r ple

adin

gsto

the

§225

5 m

otio

ns o

f Mov

ant C

ampa

in th

is c

ase

and

of c

o-

defe

ndan

t Lui

sM

edin

a(h

erea

fter “

Mov

ant M

edin

a”2

1Th

is M

ovan

t was

cha

rged

as “

John

Doe

No.

3, a

/k/a

Rub

en C

ampa

.” L

ater

he

clai

med

, thr

ough

co

unse

l, th

at h

is tr

ue n

ame

is F

erna

ndo

Gon

zale

z Ll

ort.

He

was

refe

rred

to a

s Cam

pa e

xten

sive

ly

in th

e pr

ocee

ding

s an

d in

the

leng

thy

opin

ions

of t

he C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls; w

e co

ntin

ue to

use

this

re

fere

nce.

)in

Cas

e N

o. 1

1-22

854-

cv-L

ENA

RD

.Due

to t

he c

lose

sim

ilarit

y of

the

§22

55 m

otio

nsof

Mov

ant

Cam

pa a

nd M

ovan

t M

edin

a–

each

mov

ant r

aise

sth

e sa

me

two

clai

ms,

and

sign

ifica

nt p

ortio

ns o

f the

ir br

iefs

are

ver

batim

the

sam

e

–th

e U

nite

d St

ates

will

mak

e th

e sa

me

resp

onse

to e

ach

of th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e m

otio

ns. T

hus,

from

this

poi

nt o

nwar

d, th

e U

nite

d St

ates

’ res

pons

es in

opp

ositi

on to

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s §

2255

mot

ion

in t

his

case

and

to

Mov

ant

Med

ina’

s §2

255

mot

ion

in C

ase

No.

11-

2285

4-cv

-LEN

AR

D a

re

2 .Thi

s M

ovan

t w

as c

harg

ed a

s “J

ohn

Doe

No.

2,

a/k/

a Lu

is M

edin

a II

I.” L

ater

he

clai

med

, th

roug

h co

unse

l, th

at h

is tr

ue n

ame

is R

amon

Lab

anin

o Sa

laza

r. H

e w

as r

efer

red

to a

s M

edin

a ex

tens

ivel

y in

the

proc

eedi

ngs

and

in th

e le

ngth

y op

inio

ns o

f the

Cou

rt of

App

eals

; we

cont

inue

to

use

this

refe

renc

e

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e 1:

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3

iden

tical

, en

com

pass

ing

and

addr

essi

ng t

heM

ovan

ts’3

The

Cri

min

al P

roce

edin

gs

iden

tical

cla

ims,

and

also

not

ing

and

disc

ussi

ng a

ny in

divi

dual

var

ianc

es, i

n on

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

ana

lysi

s.

The

Mov

ants

wer

e ch

arge

d, w

ith 1

2ot

hers

, in

a se

cond

sup

erse

ding

ind

ictm

ent

in t

he

unde

rlyin

g cr

imin

al c

ase.

See

DE/

cr4

3“M

ovan

ts,”

as u

sed

in th

is p

lead

ing,

refe

rs to

Mov

ant M

edin

a an

d M

ovan

t Cam

pa c

olle

ctiv

ely.

224.

Fiv

e pl

ed g

uilty

; fou

r ha

ve n

ever

bee

n ar

rest

ed; a

nd

thes

e M

ovan

ts p

roce

eded

to a

sev

en-m

onth

jury

tria

l with

the

rem

aini

ng th

ree

defe

ndan

ts. A

ll

five

wer

eco

nvic

ted

at tr

ial o

n al

l cou

nts f

or w

hich

eac

h w

asch

arge

d. M

ovan

ts w

ere

conv

icte

das

follo

ws:

Bot

h M

ovan

ts o

n C

ount

One

(con

spira

cy to

act

as

an a

gent

of

a fo

reig

n go

vern

men

t –

the

Rep

ublic

of

Cub

a–

with

out

prio

r no

tific

atio

n to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

as

requ

ired,

and

to

defr

aud

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

f and

con

cern

ing

gove

rnm

enta

l fun

ctio

ns a

nd ri

ghts

, in

viol

atio

n of

18

U.S

.C. §

371)

;Mov

ant M

edin

a on

Cou

nts

Two

(con

spira

cy to

com

mit

espi

onag

e, in

vio

latio

n of

18 U

.S.C

. §7

94(c

)),

Nin

e an

d El

even

(po

sses

sion

of

frau

dule

nt p

assp

ort,

in v

iola

tion

of 1

8

U.S

.C.

§154

6(a)

), Te

n (f

alse

sta

tem

ent

to o

btai

n pa

sspo

rt, i

n vi

olat

ion

of 1

8 U

.S.C

. §1

542)

,

Twel

ve (

poss

essi

on o

f fiv

e or

mor

e fa

lse

iden

tific

atio

n do

cum

ents

, in

vio

latio

n of

18

U.S

.C.

§102

8(a)

(3),

(b)(

2)(B

) and

(c)(

3)),

and

Four

teen

,Six

teen

, Tw

enty

-Fiv

e an

d Tw

enty

-Six

(act

ing,

and

caus

ing

anot

her t

o ac

t, as

an a

gent

of a

fore

ign

gove

rnm

ent –

the

Rep

ublic

of C

uba

–w

ithou

t

prio

r no

tific

atio

n to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

as

requ

ired,

in

viol

atio

n of

18

U.S

.C.

§951

); an

d

Mov

ant C

ampa

on

Cou

nts

Seve

n(p

osse

ssio

n of

fra

udul

ent p

assp

ort,

in v

iola

tion

of 1

8 U

.S.C

.

§154

6(a)

), Ei

ght (

poss

essi

on o

f fiv

e or

mor

e fa

lse

iden

tific

atio

n do

cum

ents

, in

viol

atio

n of

18

U.S

.C. §

1028

(a)(

3), (

b)(2

)(B

) and

(c)(

3)),

Sixt

een

and

Seve

ntee

n (a

ctin

g, a

nd c

ausi

ng a

noth

er to

4“D

E/cr

” re

fers

to d

ocke

t ent

ries i

n th

e un

derly

ing

crim

inal

cas

e, N

o. 9

8-72

1-cr

-LEN

AR

D.

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e 1:

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e 3

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1

4

act,

asan

age

nt o

f a

fore

ign

gove

rnm

ent –

the

Rep

ublic

of

Cub

a–

with

out p

rior

notif

icat

ion

to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

as r

equi

red,

in v

iola

tion

of 1

8 U

.S.C

. §95

1).

Follo

win

g le

ngth

y ap

peal

s, M

ovan

ts’

conv

ictio

ns o

n al

l co

unts

wer

e af

firm

ed,

with

a

rem

and

for r

esen

tenc

ing.

See

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Cam

pa,4

19 F

.3d

1219

(11t

h C

ir.),

[“C

ampa

1”]

,

vaca

ted

429

F.3d

101

1 (1

1th

Cir.

200

5) (e

n ba

nc);

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Cam

pa,

459

F.3d

112

1 (1

1th

Cir.

200

6)(e

n ba

nc)

[“C

ampa

2”]

; U

nite

d St

ates

v.

Cam

pa,

529

F.3d

980

(11

th C

ir. 2

008)

[“C

ampa

3”]

, cer

t. de

nied

, 129

S.C

t. 27

90 (2

009)

.

Upo

n re

man

d,

the

trial

cour

t re

sent

ence

d M

ovan

t M

edin

ato

36

0m

onth

s to

tal

inca

rcer

atio

n, f

ollo

wed

by

five

year

s of

sup

ervi

sed

rele

ase.

DE/

cr17

84.

Mov

ant

Med

ina

appe

aled

his

rese

nten

cing

,see

DE/

cr 1

791,

but

then

mov

ed to

dis

mis

s th

e ap

peal

. The

Ele

vent

h

Circ

uit

dism

isse

d M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

rese

nten

cing

app

eal

Aug

ust

18,

2010

,an

d is

sued

its

man

date

.Se

eD

E/cr

179

7.M

ovan

t M

edin

a th

erea

fter

timel

y fil

ed h

is §

2255

mot

ion,

see

28

U.S

.C. §

2255

(f).

Als

o on

rem

and,

the

trial

cou

rt re

sent

ence

d M

ovan

t Cam

pato

213

mon

thst

otal

inca

rcer

atio

n, f

ollo

wed

by

thre

e ye

ars

of s

uper

vise

d re

leas

e. D

E/cr

1780

.M

ovan

t C

ampa

appe

aled

his

rese

nten

cing

,see

DE/

cr 1

790,

but

then

mov

ed to

dis

mis

s th

e ap

peal

. The

Ele

vent

h

Circ

uit d

ism

isse

d M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

res

ente

ncin

g ap

peal

on

Sept

embe

r 17

, 201

0, a

nd is

sued

its

man

date

.Se

e D

E/cr

179

8.M

ovan

t C

ampa

ther

eafte

r tim

ely

filed

his

§22

55 m

otio

n,se

e 28

U.S

.C. §

2255

(f).

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Arg

umen

t and

Mem

oran

dum

of L

aw

1.M

ovan

ts re

ceiv

ed a

fai

r tr

ial,

free

of

due-

proc

ess

viol

atio

ns, n

otw

ithsta

ndin

g th

eir

clai

m

that

som

e lo

cal j

ourn

alist

s rec

eive

d pa

ymen

ts fr

omth

e Br

oadc

astin

g Bo

ard

of G

over

nors

.5

Mov

ants

’ cla

im c

once

rnin

g pa

ymen

ts to

jour

nalis

ts fl

ows f

rom

an

artic

le p

ublis

hed

by th

e

Mia

mi

Her

ald

new

spap

er o

n Se

ptem

ber

8, 2

006.

Th

e ar

ticle

, w

hich

Mov

ants

ref

eren

ce,

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base

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arre

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55 re

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base

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55 r

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Uni

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es v

. Fra

dy, 4

56 U

.S. 1

52 (1

982)

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nunc

iate

d a

“cau

se a

nd a

ctua

l pre

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ce”

stan

dard

two

dist

inct

ele

men

ts,

each

of

whi

ch i

t is

the

mov

ant’s

bur

den

to e

stab

lish.

Id.

at

167-

168.

“Cau

se”

refe

rs to

the

requ

irem

ent t

hat f

or a

ny c

laim

whi

ch a

§22

55 p

etiti

oner

did

not

rais

e in

his

dire

ct a

ppea

l, th

e pe

titio

ner

mus

t sh

ow t

hat

som

e ob

ject

ive

fact

or e

xter

nal

to t

he d

efen

se

prev

ente

d th

e pe

titio

ner

and

his

coun

sel

from

rai

sing

the

cla

im o

n di

rect

app

eal.

See

Lynn

v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

365

F.3d

122

5, 1

235

(11th

Cir.

200

4).

“The

que

stio

n is

not

whe

ther

leg

al

deve

lopm

ents

or n

ew e

vide

nce

has

mad

e a

clai

m e

asie

r or b

ette

r, bu

t whe

ther

at t

he ti

me

of th

e

dire

ct a

ppea

l, th

e cl

aim

was

ava

ilabl

e at

all,

” id

. “Pr

ejud

ice”

requ

ires

a §2

255

petit

ione

r to

show

that

the

com

plai

ned-

of e

rror

s cr

eate

d “n

ot m

erel

y . .

. a

poss

ibili

ty o

f pr

ejud

ice,

but

tha

t th

ey

wor

ked

to h

is a

ctua

l an

d su

bsta

ntia

l di

sadv

anta

ge,

infe

ctin

g hi

s en

tire

trial

with

err

or o

f

cons

titut

ion

dim

ensi

ons.”

Fra

dy,4

56 U

.S. a

t 170

(em

phas

isin

orig

inal

).

To t

hese

tw

o fu

ndam

enta

l pr

oced

ural

pill

ars

for

§225

5 ju

rispr

uden

ce–

“cau

se”

and

“pre

judi

ce”

–a

third

sho

uld

be a

dded

: th

e do

ctrin

eag

ains

t rel

itiga

ting

in a

§22

55 m

otio

n is

sues

that

alre

ady

wer

e ra

ised

on

dire

ct a

ppea

l.“[

C]la

ims

will

ord

inar

ily n

ot b

e en

terta

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§225

5 th

at h

ave

alre

ady

been

rej

ecte

d on

dire

ct r

evie

w,”

Ree

d v.

Far

ley,

512

U.S

. 33

9

(199

4)(S

calia

, J.,

con

curr

ing)

. Se

e al

so M

oore

v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

598

F.2d

439

, 44

1 (5

thC

ir.

1979

)(“I

f is

sues

are

rai

sed

and

cons

ider

ed o

n di

rect

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a de

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ant i

s th

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in a

late

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late

ral a

ttack

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nite

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ates

v. N

yhui

s, 21

1 F.

3d 1

340,

1343

(11th

Cir.

200

0)(o

nce

a m

atte

r has

bee

n de

cide

d ad

vers

ely

to d

efen

dant

on

dire

ct a

ppea

l, it

cann

ot b

e re

-litig

ated

in a

§22

55 c

olla

tera

l atta

ck).

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pr

inci

ple

–so

met

imes

ca

lled

“the

man

date

rule

”–

is r

elat

ed, a

nd c

orol

lary

to, t

he “

caus

e” s

tand

ard:

Bot

h ar

e do

ctrin

es o

f cl

aim

-

prec

lusi

on,

beca

use

a §2

255

petit

ione

r or

dina

rily

may

nei

ther

re-

litig

ate

clai

ms

that

wer

e

prev

ious

ly li

tigat

ed in

the

dire

ct a

ppea

l (th

e m

anda

te ru

le),

nor c

laim

s th

at c

ould

hav

e be

en, b

ut

wer

e no

t, lit

igat

ed in

the

dire

ct a

ppea

l (th

e “c

ause

” st

anda

rd).

See

Yick

Man

Mui

v. U

nite

d St

ates

,

614

F.3d

50,

53-

54(2

ndC

ir. 2

010)

;se

e al

so U

nite

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ates

v. P

eirc

e, 2

011

WL

4001

071,

*2

(S.D

.N.Y

. 201

1).

All

thre

e pi

llars

the

man

date

ru

le,

the

“cau

se”

stan

dard

, an

d th

e “p

reju

dice

requ

irem

ent–

bar M

ovan

ts’ c

laim

sre

gard

ing

Uni

ted

Stat

es g

over

nmen

t pay

men

ts to

jour

nalis

ts.

Firs

t, th

eirc

laim

s ar

e ba

sed

onth

e is

sue

of c

omm

unity

atti

tude

s, bi

ases

and

sup

pose

d pr

ejud

ices

in th

e ve

nue,

incl

udin

g as

impa

cted

by lo

cal n

ews

med

ia, w

hich

issu

e w

as m

assi

vely

litig

ated

prev

ious

ly,

both

at

the

trial

lev

el a

nd o

n ap

peal

. W

hile

Mov

ants

arg

ue t

hat

new

inf

orm

atio

n

publ

ishe

d in

the

200

6 M

iam

i H

eral

d ar

ticle

add

s a

new

dim

ensi

on t

o th

eir

chal

leng

e to

the

fairn

ess

of t

he v

enue

, the

ir §2

255

mot

ions

lar

gely

seek

to

reas

sert

the

sam

e cl

aim

–w

ith t

he

sam

e ty

pe o

f de

pict

ion

of a

tria

l bes

iege

d by

fea

r an

d ju

ry h

aras

smen

tfou

nd in

prio

rap

pella

te

plea

ding

s –

that

was

pre

viou

sly

reje

cted

on d

irect

app

eal,

in c

ontra

vent

ion

of th

e m

anda

te r

ule.

Seco

nd, M

ovan

ts’d

iscu

ssio

n of

the

2006

info

rmat

ion

expa

nds

into

gen

eral

cla

ims

that

they

wer

e

wel

l aw

are

of a

t the

tim

e of

tria

l and

cou

ld h

ave

rais

ed a

t tria

l and

on

dire

ct a

ppea

l, su

ch a

s bro

ad

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of t

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nite

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inf

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atio

n(o

r, as

the

y pu

t it,

“pr

opag

anda

”) p

rogr

am o

f

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti,

and

suc

h as

add

ition

al n

ewsp

aper

sto

ries

publ

ishe

d at

and

bef

ore

the

time

of tr

ial.

Thes

e ne

ws

artic

les,

and

the

Off

ice

of C

uba

Bro

adca

stin

g (w

hich

pro

duce

s R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti) a

ll w

ere

in e

xist

ence

and

kno

wn

(or,

with

due

dili

genc

e, k

now

able

) to

the

defe

nse

at tr

ial,

and

the

Mov

ants

have

no

“cau

se”

for

not h

avin

g ra

ised

cla

ims

base

d on

thes

e

pre-

2006

issu

es a

nd d

ata

at tr

ial a

nd o

n ap

peal

, in

cont

rave

ntio

n of

the

“cau

se”

stan

dard

. Fin

ally

,

Mov

ants

do n

ot, a

nd c

anno

t, sh

ow p

reju

dice

as r

equi

red

by th

e Fr

ady

stan

dard

. N

ot o

nly

do th

ey

fail

to s

how

that

they

suf

fere

d an

y pr

ejud

ice

at

trial

due

to R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti ha

ving

paid

loc

al j

ourn

alis

ts t

o ap

pear

on

broa

dcas

tsdi

rect

ed t

o th

e na

tion

ofC

uba,

the

app

ella

te

deci

sion

on

the

very

issu

e of

jury

fairn

ess,

and

pres

s co

vera

ge,i

n th

is c

ase

esta

blis

hes

that

ther

e

was

no

prej

udic

e. C

ampa

2 c

oncl

uded

that

the

trial

cou

rt’s v

oir-

dire

pro

cess

–“a

mod

el .

. . f

or a

high

pro

file

case

,” 4

59 F

.3d

at 1

147

–an

d ot

her m

easu

res

take

n by

the

cour

t ass

ured

a fa

ir tri

al

and

a ju

ry t

hat

was

act

ually

unb

iase

d; t

hat

perv

asiv

e co

mm

unity

pre

judi

ce c

ould

not

be

pres

umed

, no

twith

stan

ding

the

appe

llant

s’ (

incl

udin

g M

ovan

ts’)

ful

l op

portu

nity

to

deve

lop

a

reco

rd o

f con

tem

pora

neou

s pu

blic

ity; a

nd th

at e

ven

if, a

rgue

ndo,

pre

judi

ce w

ere

to b

e pr

esum

ed,

the

trial

cou

rt's

care

ful a

nd th

orou

gh v

oir d

ire re

butte

d an

y pr

esum

ptio

n, id

. at 1

148.

In s

hort,

the

Cou

rt of

App

eals

det

erm

ined

, on

the

ver

y is

sue

of c

omm

unity

-an

d ju

ry-p

reju

dice

whi

ch

Mov

ants

see

k to

rev

isit,

tha

t M

ovan

ts r

ecei

ved

a fa

ir tri

al. T

he p

artie

s an

d th

e tri

al c

ourt

are

boun

d by

that

det

erm

inat

ion.

The

re is

sim

ply

no in

jury

or h

arm

to b

e re

med

ied,

and

whe

re th

ere

is n

o pr

ejud

ice,

ther

e is

no

basi

s for

§22

55re

lief.

B. S

ubst

antiv

ely,

Mov

ant’

s cla

im fa

ils

The

Uni

ted

Stat

es w

ill a

ddre

ss t

hese

thr

ee p

roce

dura

l pi

llars

fur

ther

in

this

res

pons

e.

Firs

t, ho

wev

er,

we

addr

ess

the

subs

tanc

e of

Mov

ants

’ cl

aim

, no

twith

stan

ding

tha

t it

is

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e 1:

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proc

edur

ally

bar

red,

to

disp

el a

ny c

once

rns

rais

ed b

y M

ovan

ts’

heat

ed c

hara

cter

izat

ions

.

Mov

ants

repe

ated

ly re

fere

nce

a su

ppos

ed g

over

nmen

t pro

gram

to p

ropa

gand

ize

the

sout

h Fl

orid

a

com

mun

ity a

nd to

pro

mot

e in

flam

mat

ory,

pro

-pro

secu

tion,

ant

i-def

enda

nt m

edia

pub

licat

ion

in

the

venu

e, b

ut t

he f

acts

addu

ced

by t

hem

do

not

supp

ort

this

rhet

oric

. Th

e fa

ctua

l m

ater

ial

Mov

ants

refe

renc

e8sh

ow t

hat

the

Off

ice

of C

uba

Bro

adca

stin

g(“

OC

B”)

con

tract

ed w

ith

indi

vidu

als,

incl

udin

g jo

urna

lists

, to

prov

ide

serv

ices

by

appe

arin

g on

Rad

io M

arti

and

TVM

arti

prog

ram

s.9

8M

ost o

f the

mat

eria

l is n

ot a

ppen

ded

to th

eir p

lead

ings

, but

rath

er is

bur

ied

with

in w

ebsi

tes t

hey

cite

, so

me

linki

ng t

o th

ousa

nds

of p

ages

of

docu

men

ts.

This

is

not

adeq

uate

to

stat

e a

clai

m

unde

r 28

U.S

.C. §

2255

or u

nder

the

Rul

es G

over

ning

Sec

tion

2255

Pro

ceed

ings

For

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es D

istri

ct C

ourts

. See

Rul

e 2(

b)(2

) [m

otio

n m

ust “

stat

e th

e fa

cts

supp

ortin

g ea

ch g

roun

d”].

With

out c

once

ding

that

this

is a

n ap

prop

riate

way

for M

ovan

ts to

mak

e a

reco

rd o

r to

carr

y th

eir

burd

en in

a §

2255

pet

ition

, and

with

out w

aivi

ng o

bjec

tion

to th

e in

adeq

uacy

of s

uch

a re

cord

, the

U

nite

d St

ates

has

revi

ewed

, and

will

add

ress

, mat

eria

ls fr

om th

e w

ebsi

tes M

ovan

ts c

ite.

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

broa

dcas

ting

is d

irect

ed a

t C

uba,

not

at

Flor

ida,

see

Atta

chm

ent

A,

and

alth

ough

Mov

ants

com

plai

n ab

out

leak

age

of R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti

broa

dcas

ting

into

sou

th F

lorid

a, t

hey

have

ide

ntifi

edno

par

ticul

ar R

adio

Mar

ti or

TV

Mar

ti

broa

dcas

ts t

hat

inju

red

them

or

that

rea

ched

the

jury

ven

ue.

Rat

her,

Mov

ants

focu

s th

eir

com

plai

nts

on n

ewsp

aper

sto

ries

and

othe

r m

edia

pro

duct

s pu

blis

hed

by n

on-g

over

nmen

tal

priv

ate

publ

ishi

ng e

ntiti

es–

i.e.,

not R

adio

Mar

ti or

TV

Mar

ti–

writ

ten

by s

ome

of th

esa

me

9A

ccor

ding

to th

e G

ener

al A

ccou

ntab

ility

Off

ice

2009

rep

ort “

BR

OA

DC

AST

ING

TO

CU

BA

: A

ctio

ns a

re N

eede

d to

Im

prov

e St

rate

gy a

nd O

pera

tions

,” U

.S.

Gov

’t A

ccou

ntab

ility

Off

ice,

G

AO

-09-

127

(200

9) (h

erea

fter “

GA

O R

epor

t”),

refe

renc

ed b

y M

ovan

ts, s

eeD

E/LM

5:4

n.2

, 31

n.19

; D

E/R

C 1

-2:1

, 33

n.1

9, t

he O

CB

is

a fe

dera

l en

tity

whi

ch o

pera

tes

Uni

ted

Stat

es

broa

dcas

ting

to C

uba

via

Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti,

GA

O R

epor

t at 7

. Rad

io M

arti

has

its g

enes

is in

th

e R

adio

Bro

adca

stin

g to

Cub

a A

ct, p

asse

d by

Con

gres

s in

1983

“to

pro

vide

the

peop

le o

f Cub

a,

thro

ugh

Rad

io M

arti,

with

info

rmat

ion

they

wou

ld n

ot o

rdin

arily

rec

eive

due

to th

e ce

nsor

ship

pr

actic

es o

f th

e C

uban

gov

ernm

ent.”

Id.

at 6

. The

OC

B i

s pa

rt of

the

Bro

adca

stin

g B

oard

of

Gov

erno

rs (“

BB

G”)

, “w

hich

is a

n in

depe

nden

t fed

eral

age

ncy

resp

onsi

ble

for o

vers

eein

g al

l U.S

. go

vern

men

t-spo

nsor

ed n

onm

ilita

ry, i

nter

natio

nal b

road

cast

ing

prog

ram

s,” id

. at 7

. Oth

er B

BG

-ov

erse

en b

road

cast

pro

gram

s in

clud

e V

oice

of

Am

eric

a, M

iddl

e Ea

st B

road

cast

ing

Net

wor

ks

Inc.

, Rad

io F

ree

Euro

pe/R

adio

Lib

erty

and

Rad

io F

ree

Asi

a. Id

.Th

e G

AO

Rep

ort i

s av

aila

ble

at 2

009

WL

2847

28, b

ut w

ithou

t pag

inat

ion.

A p

agin

ated

cop

y ca

n be

foun

d at

http

://w

ww

.gao

.gov

/new

.item

s/d0

9127

.pdf

.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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Doc

umen

t 9

Ent

ered

on

FLS

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t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 9

of 6

1

10

jour

nalis

tsan

d pu

blis

hed

in s

outh

Flo

rida.

See

DE/

LM 5

:14-

17; D

E/R

C 1

-3 (

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s

App

endi

x A

).W

ith n

o su

ppor

ting

evid

ence

, Mov

ants

then

con

tend

that

thes

e no

n-go

vern

men

t

publ

icat

ions

are

“new

s ar

ticle

s th

e go

vern

men

t pai

d to

be

crea

ted

and

diss

emin

ated

thro

ugho

ut

the

Sout

hern

Dis

trict

of

Flor

ida,

” D

E/LM

5:1

4. S

ee a

lso

DE/

RC

1-2

:2 (

“[T]

he U

nite

d St

ates

gove

rnm

ent w

as d

irect

ly c

ompl

icit

in c

reat

ing

the

publ

icity

at i

ssue

,” r

efer

ring

to D

E/R

C 1

-3,

appe

ndix

list

ing

non-

gove

rnm

enta

l new

spap

er a

rticl

e in

sou

th F

lorid

a pu

blic

atio

ns),

DE/

RC

1-

2:15

(des

crib

ing

non-

gove

rnm

enta

l new

s cov

erag

e as

“go

vern

men

t-pai

d m

edia

cam

paig

n”).

The

fact

ual m

ater

ials

Mov

ants

sub

mit

or r

efer

ence

are

to th

e co

ntra

ry,a

nd c

oncl

usiv

ely

refu

te th

e co

njec

ture

and

insi

nuat

ion

that

the

gove

rnm

ent p

aym

ent p

urch

ased

and

man

ipul

ated

priv

ate

med

ia c

over

age

in s

outh

Flo

rida.

That

is,

notw

ithst

andi

ng c

ompl

aint

sab

out

the

proc

essi

ngof

Fre

edom

of

Info

rmat

ion

Act

(“F

OIA

”) r

eque

sts

mad

e by

Mov

ants

’th

ird-p

arty

supp

orte

rs,

volu

min

ous

mat

eria

l w

as o

btai

ned

by t

hem

fro

m t

he B

BG

doc

umen

ting

purc

hase

orde

rs a

nd c

ontra

cts

betw

een

the

BB

G a

nd jo

urna

lists

. Tho

usan

ds o

f pa

ges

of th

is m

ater

ial i

s

linke

d to

a w

ebsi

te M

ovan

ts r

efer

ence

, ht

tp://

ww

w.p

slw

eb.o

rg/re

porte

rs-f

or-h

ire/d

ocum

ents

-

rele

ased

/,se

e D

E/LM

5:1

3 n.

3, D

E/R

C 1

-2:1

7 n.

4, y

et M

ovan

ts c

hose

not

to a

ppen

d or

anal

yze

any

of th

e co

ntra

cts

or p

urch

ase

orde

rs.

Inde

ed, t

he p

urch

ase

orde

rsre

fute

Mov

ants

’spe

cula

tive

prem

ise

that

the

gove

rnm

ent p

aid

for n

onR

adio

-or T

V-M

arti

serv

ices

, or f

or a

ny p

rivat

e-m

edia

wor

k an

ywhe

re,

incl

udin

g so

uth

Flor

ida.

Som

e of

thi

s m

ater

ial,

rela

ting

to t

he s

ix i

ndiv

idua

l

pers

ons

argu

ably

rel

evan

t to

Mov

ants

’ cl

aim

, is

appe

nded

as A

ttach

men

t B.10

10A

ttach

men

t B

com

pile

s co

ntra

ctua

l pu

rcha

se o

rder

s be

twee

n th

e O

CB

and

Hel

en F

erre

, W

ilfre

do C

anci

o Is

la, P

ablo

Alfo

nso,

Arie

l Rem

os a

nd E

nriq

ue E

spin

osa.

The

web

site

Mov

ants

re

fere

nce

has

cont

ract

mat

eria

ls f

or n

umer

ous

othe

r jo

urna

lists

with

the

OC

B, b

ut m

ost a

re f

or

cont

ract

s an

d pa

ymen

ts s

ubse

quen

t to

the

trial

in th

is c

ase.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, the

y ha

ve n

ore

leva

nce

to M

ovan

ts’

clai

m th

at s

omeh

ow th

e B

BG

’s p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

impa

cted

or

com

prom

ised

th

eir

trial

. (In

deed

, th

e on

goin

g en

gage

men

t of

jou

rnal

ists

to

perf

orm

ser

vice

s fo

r th

e O

CB

’s

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti,

pos

t-tria

l an

d co

ntin

uing

int

o re

cent

yea

rs,

unde

rmin

es M

ovan

ts’

For

each

of

the

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e co

ntin

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e 1:

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1

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11

pers

ons,

the

appe

nded

mat

eria

land

pur

chas

e or

ders

ref

lect

that

thei

r fin

anci

al r

elat

ions

hip

with

the

BB

G /

OC

B w

as a

stra

ight

forw

ard

and

trans

pare

nt e

ngag

emen

t of

the

m t

o ap

pear

on

or

othe

rwis

e he

lp p

rodu

ce R

adio

Mar

tior

TV

Mar

ti pr

ogra

ms,

not f

or s

ervi

ces

in c

onne

ctio

n w

ith

any

priv

ate

med

ia p

ublic

atio

nsor

out

lets

.See

, e.g

., A

ttach

men

t B a

t 2-4

11

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

prem

ise

that

som

ehow

suc

h en

gage

men

ts w

ere

inte

nded

or d

esig

ned

to im

pact

thei

r tria

l.) O

f the

fe

wer

jour

nalis

ts w

ho h

ad a

fina

ncia

l rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith th

e O

CB

/ B

BG

that

pre

date

s th

e en

d of

th

e tri

al, s

ome

are

not c

laim

ed b

y M

ovan

ts to

hav

e w

ritte

n or

pub

lishe

d an

ythi

ng re

latin

g to

them

or

thei

r ca

se; t

hese

indi

vidu

als

too

are

irrel

evan

t to

thei

r cl

aim

. Thi

s le

aves

the

five

indi

vidu

als

note

d ab

ove,

who

se m

ater

ial

rela

ting

to t

he p

erio

d pr

ior

to t

he e

nd o

f tri

al i

s ex

cerp

ted

at

Atta

chm

ent B

. (A

ttach

men

t B is

onl

y ex

cerp

ts; e

ven

for

thes

e fiv

e, th

ere

is a

dditi

onal

mat

eria

l, to

talin

g hu

ndre

ds o

f pa

ges.

Und

ersi

gned

cou

nsel

has

exa

min

ed i

t an

d fo

und

it si

mila

r to

the

ex

cerp

ts, f

or d

iffer

ent d

ates

.)

(pur

chas

e or

der

for

Ferr

e to

app

ear

Feb.

14,

200

1 as

gue

st o

n O

CB

“M

esa

Red

onda

” ro

undt

able

dis

cuss

ion,

for

$75.

00);

11-1

9(p

urch

ase

orde

r fo

r C

anci

o to

par

ticip

ate

in O

CB

wee

kly

half-

hour

sho

w “

A

Deb

ate”

for $

75.0

0pe

r sho

w, a

men

ded

to re

flect

a to

tal q

uant

ity o

f 52

wee

kly

appe

aran

ces)

; 31-

34 (p

urch

ase

orde

r for

Alfo

nso

to b

e an

exp

ert g

uest

on

the

Rad

io M

arti

wee

kly

one-

hour

sho

w

“Sin

Ped

ir Pe

rmis

o”, f

or $

200

per s

how

, am

ende

d to

refle

ct a

tota

l qua

ntity

of 5

2 sh

ows)

;35-

36

(pur

chas

e or

der f

or A

lfons

o to

co-

host

43

epis

odes

of a

one

-hou

r Rad

io M

arti

show

, “H

acie

ndo

Cam

inos

,” a

t $20

0 pe

r sho

w);

42-4

6 (p

urch

ase

orde

r for

Rem

os to

par

ticip

ate

in a

twic

e-w

eekl

y

Rad

io M

arti

show

“En

Viv

o” a

t $50

per

show

, am

ende

d to

refle

ct e

ngag

emen

t for

104

epi

sode

s);

Mov

ants

wou

ld a

dd a

six

th in

divi

dual

, Jul

io E

stor

ino,

bec

ause

his

res

ume

stat

es th

at h

e w

as a

n in

depe

nden

t co

ntra

ctor

with

the

Off

ice

of C

uba

Bro

adca

stin

g du

ring

the

rele

vant

tim

e pe

riod,

al

thou

gh n

o co

ntra

cts

or p

urch

ase

orde

rs h

ave

been

pro

duce

d. N

otw

ithst

andi

ng th

e sl

ende

rnes

s of

the

refe

renc

e, w

e in

clud

e th

e Es

torin

o re

sum

e at

the

end

of A

ttach

men

t B.

Mov

ants

als

o na

me

Alb

erto

Mul

ler a

s a

“gov

ernm

ent p

aid

new

s re

porte

r,” s

ee D

E/LM

5:1

4 n.

3,

DE/

RC

1-2

:17.

The

web

site

mat

eria

ls t

hey

refe

renc

e sh

ow M

ulle

r re

ceiv

ing

BB

G p

aym

ents

be

ginn

ing

in20

04, w

ell

afte

r th

e tri

al e

nded

. Mul

ler

ther

efor

e is

irr

elev

ant

to t

heir

clai

m t

hat

som

ehow

BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

impa

cted

thei

r tria

l.11

Page

num

bers

ref

er to

the

pagi

natio

n as

sign

ed b

y th

e co

urt’s

CM

/EC

F he

ader

s at

the

top

of

each

pag

e.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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ered

on

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t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 11

of 6

1

12

52-5

6 (p

urch

ase

orde

r fo

r Es

pino

sa t

o pa

rtici

pate

in

wee

kly

one-

hour

Rad

io M

arti

prog

ram

“Wee

kend

Mag

azin

e” a

t $10

0 pe

r sho

w, a

men

ded

to re

flect

52

epis

odes

).12

This

rec

ord

show

s th

at t

he p

aym

ents

mad

e by

the

BB

Gw

ere

for

defin

ed a

nd d

iscr

ete

serv

ices

to

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti,

not

for

med

ia c

over

age

and

publ

icat

ions

by

non-

gove

rnm

enta

l new

spap

ers

in s

outh

Flo

rida.

The

new

spap

er a

rticl

es b

y th

ese

indi

vidu

als

whi

ch

Mov

ants

dis

cuss

at

such

len

gth

and

with

suc

h ve

hem

ence

, se

e D

E/LM

5:1

3-14

n.3

, 14

-17;

DE/

RC

1-2

:6, 7

, 11

n.2,

12,

15,

17-

18; D

E/R

C 1

-3, w

ere

not p

aid

for b

y th

e go

vern

men

t and

are

not r

efer

ence

d by

or

the

subj

ect m

atte

r of

the

purc

hase

ord

ers.

Mov

ants

’ sp

ecul

ativ

e in

fere

nce

that

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

for

ser

vice

s to

Rad

io M

arti

mus

t hav

e al

so in

fluen

ced

and

shap

ed th

e

jour

nalis

ts’

non-

gove

rnm

enta

l pu

blic

atio

ns i

s w

ithou

t an

y pr

offe

red

evid

entia

ry f

ound

atio

n.

Thus

, whe

n M

ovan

ts m

ake

clai

ms

like

“the

Uni

ted

Stat

esgo

vern

men

twas

dire

ctly

com

plic

it in

crea

ting

the

[sou

th F

lorid

a ne

wsp

aper

] pu

blic

ity,”

DE/

RC

1-2

:2,

and

was

“flo

odin

g th

e

com

mun

ity w

ith p

reju

dici

al, i

nfla

mm

ator

y ne

ws

artic

les,”

DE/

RC

1-2

:5, t

his

hyp

erbo

le is

bas

ed

on n

o ev

iden

ce,

only

Mov

ants

’ ar

gum

enta

tive

and

spec

ulat

ive

insi

sten

ce t

hat

paym

ents

for

jour

nalis

ts t

o ap

pear

on

Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti

mus

t ac

tual

ly,

or a

lso,

hav

e un

derw

ritte

n or

supp

orte

d th

eir n

on-g

over

nmen

t new

spap

er st

orie

s, co

ntra

ry to

the

docu

men

tatio

n.

The

per-

show

rate

of

paym

ent i

s m

odes

t, an

d fr

eque

ntly

not

ed a

s m

eetin

g th

e st

anda

rd

“VO

A”

(Voi

ce o

f A

mer

ica)

rate

sche

dule

,See

, e.g

., A

ttach

men

t B a

t12,

14,

43,

43.

Whi

le s

ome

indi

vidu

als

rece

ived

mor

e

mon

ey d

ue t

o th

e fr

eque

ncy

and

volu

me

of t

heir

OC

B w

ork,

the

rec

ords

ref

lect

tha

t th

eir

earn

ings

wer

e fo

r con

side

rabl

e se

rvic

es o

n R

adio

Mar

ti or

TV

Mar

ti pr

ogra

mm

ing.

12Fo

r the

sixt

h pe

rson

, Est

orin

o, M

ovan

ts re

fere

nced

no

spec

ific

cont

ract

s or

pur

chas

e or

ders

, as

note

d su

pra.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

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on

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e 12

of 6

1

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13

Bot

h M

ovan

ts m

ake

verb

atim

iden

tical

arg

umen

ts, D

E/LM

5:3

0-33

; DE/

RC

1-2

:32-

36,

that

jou

rnal

ists

wer

e “c

o-op

ted”

by

BB

G p

aym

ents

to

diss

emin

ate

Uni

ted

Stat

es g

over

nmen

t

prop

agan

da a

bout

Cub

a do

mes

tical

ly,

and

sugg

est

that

thi

s ex

tend

ed t

o a

“med

ia a

ttack

” on

Mov

ants

. The

ir an

alys

is, h

owev

er, i

s bu

t a s

elec

tive

culli

ng fr

om d

ebat

es a

mon

g jo

urna

lists

as

to

the

prof

essi

onal

eth

ics

of r

ecei

ving

gov

ernm

ent r

emun

erat

ion,

with

no

grou

ndin

g in

cas

elaw

or

lega

l au

thor

ity u

pon

whi

ch t

o ap

ply

a jo

urna

lism

-eth

ics

deba

te t

o fe

dera

l cr

imin

al l

itiga

tion.

Inde

ed, n

one

of th

e pa

rtici

pant

s in

the

jour

nalis

m d

ebat

e, a

nd n

othi

ng in

the

Mov

ants

’ ref

eren

ced

mat

eria

ls, d

iscu

ssed

or a

ddre

ssed

the

issu

e in

the

cont

ext o

f Mov

ants

’ cas

e at

all.

Even

the

jou

rnal

ism

-pro

fess

ion

deba

te o

ver

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

, w

ith n

o co

ntex

tual

refe

renc

e to

Mov

ants

’ ca

se, w

as a

mbi

guou

s. W

hile

two

repo

rters

at E

l Nue

vo H

eral

d w

ho h

ad

rece

ived

BB

G p

aym

ents

wer

e fir

edfo

r vi

olat

ion

of T

he M

iam

i Her

ald

Med

ia C

ompa

ny e

thic

s

polic

ies,

they

wer

e (a

s M

ovan

ts n

ote)

rei

nsta

ted.

Oth

er B

BG

-rem

uner

ated

jou

rnal

ists

,at

non

-

Mia

mi

Her

ald

Med

ia C

ompa

ny p

ublic

atio

ns, w

ere

not

fired

; as

Dia

rio

Las

Amer

icas

edito

rial

writ

er F

erre

poi

nted

out

, rep

orte

rs a

t oth

er p

ublic

atio

ns c

ould

not

be

held

to M

iam

i Her

ald

ethi

cs

stan

dard

s. Se

e C

olum

bia

Jour

nalis

m S

choo

l Kni

ght C

ase

Stud

ies

Initi

ativ

e: W

hen

the

stor

y is

us:

Mia

mi H

eral

d, N

uevo

Her

ald

and

Radi

o M

arti

(her

eafte

r “C

ase

Stud

y”),

refe

renc

ed b

y M

ovan

ts

at D

E/LM

5:3

1-33

, D

E/R

C 1

-2:3

3-36

.Fi

red

El N

uevo

Her

ald

repo

rter

Can

cio

said

he

had

clea

red

rece

ivin

g th

e B

BG

rem

uner

atio

n w

ith a

prio

r ed

itor;

fired

rep

orte

r A

lfons

o’s

regu

lar

wor

k fo

r R

adio

and

TV

Mar

ti tu

rned

out

to

have

bee

n a

know

n an

d pr

evio

usly

-pub

lishe

d

circ

umst

ance

, Cas

e St

udy

at 1

4. B

oth

wer

e re

inst

ated

. Sub

sequ

ent r

epor

ting

esta

blis

hed

that

the

BB

G p

aid

othe

r jo

urna

lists

for

app

earin

g on

oth

er B

BG

pro

gram

min

g, li

ke V

oice

of

Am

eric

a,

unre

late

d to

Cub

a. I

d. a

t 17

n.23

, 18.

A la

ter

inte

rnal

rev

iew

by

The

Mia

mi H

eral

d of

its

own

cove

rage

con

clud

ed th

at th

e Se

ptem

ber 8

, 200

6, s

tory

was

flaw

ed a

nd o

verly

acc

usat

ory

in to

ne.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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06/2

011

Pag

e 13

of 6

1

14

See

Joe

Stru

pp, H

oyt’s

Rep

ort o

n Fl

awed

“M

iam

i Her

ald”

Cov

erag

e, E

dito

r & P

ublis

her (

Nov

.

17, 2

006)

, ref

eren

ced

by M

ovan

t C

ampa

at

DE/

RC

1-2

:11.

13

Mov

ants

’ co

-opt

atio

n pr

emis

e al

so is

illo

gica

l. Pr

ior

to tr

ial,

durin

g tri

al a

nd o

n ap

peal

Mov

ants

’ pos

ition

was

that

the

sout

h Fl

orid

a pr

ess

was

pro

-gov

ernm

ent,

anti-

Cub

a, a

nti-d

efen

se

and

bias

ed a

gain

st th

em.

The

Her

ald

inte

rnal

rev

iew

als

o

reje

cted

com

paris

ons

that

had

bee

n m

ade

to a

200

5 in

cide

nt i

n w

hich

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Educ

atio

n ha

d pa

id a

talk

-sho

w h

ost t

o pr

omot

e th

e go

vern

men

t’s “

No

Chi

ld L

eft B

ehin

d” p

olic

y

in m

ains

tream

Uni

ted

Stat

es m

edia

. As t

he H

eral

d re

view

not

ed, t

he jo

urna

lists

who

app

eare

d on

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

wer

e no

t pai

d to

bro

adca

st w

ithin

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, a

nd w

ere

not p

aid

to p

rom

ote

a pa

rticu

lar g

over

nmen

t pol

icy.

Id. Y

et th

at ty

pe o

f fla

wed

com

paris

on is

exa

ctly

the

anal

ysis

Mov

ants

sugg

est. 14

13N

o w

ebsi

te

refe

renc

e fo

r th

is

artic

le

was

pr

ovid

ed,

but

it ca

n be

fo

und

at

The

notio

n th

at b

eing

pai

d $7

5 to

mak

e an

app

eara

nce

on a

Rad

io

http

://w

ww

.edi

tora

ndpu

blis

her.c

om/A

rticl

e/H

oyt-s

-Rep

ort-o

n-Fl

awed

-Mia

mi-H

eral

d-C

over

age

,14

See,

e.g

., M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

ope

ning

brie

f in

Cam

pa 1

, 200

3 W

L 25

2454

78 a

t *16

(“di

stin

ctly

ad

vers

e m

edia

pub

licity

” co

ntrib

uted

to

tain

ting

the

trial

); A

ppel

late

Joi

nt B

rief

of M

ovan

t M

edin

a an

d co

-def

enda

nts

Her

nand

ez, G

uerr

ero

and

Gon

zale

z in

Cam

pa 1

(con

solid

ated

Cas

e N

o. 0

3-11

0-87

, app

eal f

rom

den

ial o

f mot

ion

for n

ew tr

ial)

at 3

7 (“

blis

terin

g ed

itoria

ls a

nd n

ews

artic

les t

hrou

ghou

t tria

l”);

App

ella

te B

rief o

f Mov

ant C

ampa

in C

ampa

1(c

onso

lidat

ed C

ase

No.

03

-110

-87,

app

eal f

rom

den

ial o

f mot

ion

for n

ew tr

ial)

at 3

9 (4

0 ye

ars

of a

nti-C

astro

pub

licity

in

Mia

mi c

reat

ed h

ostil

e at

mos

pher

e), 6

6 (lo

ng s

tream

of l

ocal

-pre

ss a

rticl

es “

rele

ntle

ssly

por

traye

d [C

uba

and

the

Cas

tro r

egim

e] a

s a

hum

an r

ight

s ab

user

and

int

erna

tiona

l pa

riah”

), 75

(lo

cal

med

ia g

reat

ly r

e-en

forc

e w

ides

prea

d co

mm

unity

vie

w t

hat

gove

rnm

ent

of C

uba

terr

oriz

es i

ts

citiz

ens

and

belo

ngs

on t

erro

rism

bla

cklis

t; “[

h]ar

dly

a da

y go

es b

y w

ithou

t th

ere

bein

g so

met

hing

in

the

mas

s m

edia

tha

t se

vere

ly c

ritic

izes

the

Cub

an g

over

nmen

t or

oth

erw

ise

fans

an

ti-C

astro

sen

timen

ts”)

; co-

defe

ndan

t Gon

zale

z’s

open

ing

brie

f in

Cam

pa 2

, 200

5 W

L 46

3801

2 at

Sec

tion

IV.

1 [th

e W

estla

w v

ersi

on d

oes

not

cont

ain

full

star

pag

ing]

(cla

im o

f m

any

prej

udic

ial

pres

s m

atte

rs;“

Def

ense

cou

nsel

poi

nted

out

the

one

-sid

ed n

atur

e of

the

pre

ss

cove

rage

”);

co-d

efen

dant

Her

nand

ez’s

ope

ning

brie

f in

Cam

pa 2

, 20

03 W

L 25

2457

1 at

*38

(S

pani

sh-la

ngua

ge n

ewsp

aper

s an

d ra

dio

“wer

e co

nsta

nt in

gal

vani

zing

” op

posi

tion

to C

uba

and

its s

pies

); M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

ope

ning

brie

f in

Cam

pa 2

, 200

5 W

L 46

3801

1 at

*41

(“w

ides

prea

d ad

vers

e an

d ed

itoria

lized

pub

licity

sur

roun

ding

the

case

”); c

o-de

fend

ant G

onza

lez’

s re

ply

brie

f in

Cam

pa 2

, 200

6 W

L22

5211

9 at

*2-

*24

(“di

stur

bing

nat

ure

and

mag

nitu

de o

f med

ia c

over

age

. . .

bar

rage

of m

edia

cov

erag

e w

as h

ardl

y pe

riphe

ral o

r obj

ectiv

e . .

. M

edia

cov

erag

e in

tens

ified

[f

ootn

ote

cont

inue

d]

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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on

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t 12/

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Pag

e 14

of 6

1

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15

Mar

ti pr

ogra

m w

ould

tran

sfor

m jo

urna

lists

–w

hom

Mov

ants

alre

ady

cons

ider

ed b

iase

d –

from

bein

g ob

ject

ive

to b

eing

ant

i-def

ense

pro

paga

ndis

ts d

efie

s th

eir

own

prio

r ar

gum

ents

and

conf

ound

s re

ason

. As

repo

rter

Can

cio

stat

ed f

or t

he C

ase

Stud

y, “

Wha

t I

thou

ght

abou

t C

uba

didn

’t ch

ange

bec

ause

I di

d so

me

wor

k at

Rad

io M

arti.

” C

ase

Stud

y at

14.

C. P

roce

dura

l iss

ues:

“C

ause

Subs

tant

ivel

y, th

en, M

ovan

ts’

clai

ms

abou

t BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

do

not s

tate

a

viol

atio

n of

any

lega

l rig

ht, o

r a d

ue-p

roce

ss v

iola

tion.

To

the

exte

nt th

at M

ovan

ts se

ek to

exp

and

thei

r cl

aim

bey

ond

the

2006

-em

ergi

ng in

form

atio

n to

mou

nt a

bro

ad a

nd g

ener

al a

ttack

aga

inst

the

BB

G, t

he O

CB

, Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

and

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es’ f

orei

gnpo

licy

with

rega

rd

to b

road

cast

ing

to C

uba,

the

y tra

nsgr

ess

the

“cau

se”

stan

dard

. Th

at i

s, al

l th

ese

mat

ters

wer

e

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

pass

ions

with

in t

he v

enue

by

stre

ssin

g ha

rms

to t

he c

omm

unity

as

a re

sult

of t

he d

efen

dant

s’

activ

ities

and

the

shoo

tdow

n in

cide

nt; b

y ch

arac

teriz

ing

thos

e ha

rms

in in

flam

mat

ory

term

s as

‘m

urde

rs’ a

nd ‘t

erro

rism

;’ an

d by

labe

ling

the

perp

etra

tors

, ide

ntifi

ed n

ot o

nly

as th

e de

fend

ants

, bu

t als

o as

the

Cub

an g

over

nmen

t and

Cas

tro h

imse

lf, a

s gu

ilty

beyo

nd d

oubt

. . .

. Def

initi

ve

asse

rtion

s of

the

def

enda

nts’

gui

lt, a

s w

ell

as t

hat

of C

uban

gov

ernm

ent

and

Cas

tro,

thus

ap

pear

ed r

epea

tedl

y in

the

pres

s . .

. pu

blic

ity s

urro

undi

ng th

is c

ase,

whe

ther

off

ered

as

feat

ure,

ne

ws,

or c

omm

enta

ry,

was

pre

sent

ed v

irtua

lly e

ntire

ly f

rom

an

inte

nsel

y pr

osec

utor

ial,

guilt

-as

sum

ing,

and

exi

le-c

omm

unity

per

spec

tive,

ass

ertin

g re

peat

edly

–pr

ior

to ju

ry d

elib

erat

ions

–th

at th

e de

fend

ants

, alo

ng w

ith th

e C

uban

gov

ernm

ent a

nd C

astro

him

self,

wer

e gu

ilty

beyo

nd

doub

t . .

. num

erou

s ar

ticle

s re

porti

ng n

egat

ive,

if n

ot d

ange

rous

, con

sequ

ence

s ar

isin

g fr

om a

pe

rcei

ved

failu

re to

em

brac

e th

e ex

ile v

iew

poin

t, ta

inte

d th

e fa

irnes

s of t

he tr

ial.”

)

The

App

ella

te J

oint

Brie

f of

Mov

ant

Med

ina

and

co-d

efen

dant

s H

erna

ndez

, G

uerr

ero

and

Gon

zale

z in

Cam

pa 1

(con

solid

ated

Cas

e N

o. 0

3-11

0-87

, app

eal f

rom

den

ial o

f mot

ion

for n

ew

trial

) and

the

App

ella

te B

rief o

f Mov

ant C

ampa

in C

ampa

1(c

onso

lidat

ed C

ase

No.

03-

110-

87,

appe

al fr

om d

enia

l of m

otio

n fo

r new

tria

l) do

not

app

ear i

nW

estla

w. T

hey

are

appe

nded

her

e as

at

tach

men

ts,

resp

ectiv

ely

Atta

chm

ents

C a

nd D

. A

gain

, pa

ge r

efer

ence

s ar

e to

the

CM

/EC

F nu

mbe

ring

at th

e to

p of

eac

h pa

ge.

It sh

ould

be

born

e in

min

d th

at th

e de

scrip

tions

in th

e ap

pella

te b

riefs

, cite

d ab

ove,

of t

he lo

cal

pres

s as

uni

form

ly a

nd re

lent

less

ly p

artis

an a

nd a

nti-d

efen

se, a

re o

f the

loca

l pre

ss g

ener

ally

, not

of

the

six

spec

ific

jour

nalis

ts M

ovan

ts fo

cus

on in

thei

r §22

55 m

otio

ns. T

his

furth

er d

imin

ishe

s th

e ou

tsiz

ed s

igni

fican

ce M

ovan

ts n

ow w

ould

pla

ce o

n th

e fe

w jo

urna

lists

who

rec

eive

d B

BG

pa

ymen

ts, a

nd a

lso

refu

tes

any

notio

n th

at th

e M

ovan

ts b

elie

ve th

at th

e B

BG

pay

men

ts tu

rned

ot

herw

ise

fair

jour

nalis

ts a

gain

st th

em.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

Ent

ered

on

FLS

D D

ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 15

of 6

1

16

know

n to

, or k

now

able

by,

Mov

ants

at t

he ti

me

of th

eir t

rial a

nd o

f the

ir di

rect

app

eal.

Not

hing

prev

ente

d M

ovan

ts f

rom

laun

chin

g th

eir

broa

dsid

e ag

ains

t Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti,

and

the

BB

G b

road

cast

age

nda,

on

dire

ct a

ppea

l. Se

e Ly

nn v

. Uni

ted

Stat

es, s

upra

, 365

F.3

d at

123

5 (“

to

show

cau

se f

or p

roce

dura

l def

ault,

Lyn

n m

ust s

how

that

som

e ob

ject

ive

fact

or e

xter

nal t

o th

e

defe

nse

prev

ente

d Ly

nn o

r hi

s co

unse

l fro

m r

aisi

ng h

is c

laim

s on

dire

ct a

ppea

l”).

Thus

, whe

n

Mov

ants

arg

ue th

at R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti ha

ve b

een

criti

cize

d fo

r the

ir jo

urna

lism

stan

dard

s

and

man

agem

ent p

roto

cols

, see

DE/

LM 5

:30,

31

n.20

; DE/

RC

1-2

:32,

33

n.19

; or t

hat t

he B

BG

enga

ges

in fo

reig

n pr

opag

anda

spe

ndin

g $3

7-m

illio

n pe

r yea

r15to

eff

ect r

egim

e ch

ange

in C

uba,

see

DE/

LM 5

:33;

DE/

RC

1-2

:35;

or

that

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

have

bee

n ge

nera

lly

prob

lem

atic

sin

ce 1

983,

as

wel

l as

ine

ffec

tive,

see

DE/

LM 5

:29,

29

n.18

; D

E/R

C 1

-2:3

1, 3

1

n.17

,16

15M

ovan

ts’

use

of f

igur

es i

s pr

oble

mat

ic. B

oth

Mov

ants

ref

eren

ce $

34,0

00,0

00 a

yea

r as

the

m

easu

re o

f the

Uni

ted

Stat

es’ “

prop

agan

da”

cam

paig

n ag

ains

t Cub

a, se

e D

E/LM

5:4

, 31;

DE/

RC

1-

2: 1

, 33,

and

link

that

am

ount

as b

eing

bro

ught

to b

ear a

gain

st th

em a

nd th

eir c

ase,

see

DE/

LM

5:31

; D

E/R

C 1

-2:

1, 3

3; M

ovan

t C

ampa

als

o sp

eaks

of

the

gove

rnm

ent

spen

ding

“a

smal

l fo

rtune

” on

jour

nalis

ts to

pre

judi

ce h

im, D

E/R

C 1

-2:3

. But

of

cour

se, t

he m

ulti-

mill

ion

figur

e de

scrib

es n

ot t

he j

ourn

alis

t pa

ymen

ts b

ut t

he e

ntire

OC

B b

udge

t. Th

e ac

tual

am

ount

pai

d to

jo

urna

lists

is

far

less

, w

ith p

aym

ents

at

VO

A p

er-p

rogr

am s

tand

ard

rate

s. A

few

jou

rnal

ists

ea

rned

mor

e si

gnifi

cant

sum

s, du

e to

fre

quen

t pr

ogra

m a

ppea

ranc

es,

but

the

reco

rd m

ater

ial

refle

cts t

hat t

hese

wer

e fe

es fo

r ser

vice

s per

form

ed fo

r Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti.

Mov

ants

are

in v

iola

tion

of th

e “c

ause

” pr

oced

ural

bar

. Nor

can

they

pro

perly

arg

ue th

at

it w

as o

nly

the

2006

Mia

mi

Her

ald

artic

le a

bout

BB

G p

aym

ents

to

indi

vidu

al s

outh

Flo

rida

jour

nalis

ts th

at c

ould

hav

e aw

aken

ed th

em to

thes

e pr

e-ex

istin

g is

sues

. McC

lesk

ey v

. Zan

t, 49

9

U.S

. 46

7, 4

97(1

991)

,te

ache

s th

at s

o lo

ng a

s kn

own

or d

isco

vera

ble

info

rmat

ion

coul

d ha

ve

supp

orte

d a

clai

m, t

here

is n

ot “

caus

e” to

om

it it

(ther

e, fr

om a

firs

t fed

eral

hab

eas

petit

ion,

but

the

prin

cipl

e al

so a

pplie

s to

dire

ct a

ppea

ls p

rece

ding

a §

2255

act

ion,

see

Lyn

n v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

16A

typo

grap

hica

l pro

blem

in M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

brie

f at t

his p

oint

inco

rrec

tly jo

ins a

rgum

ent t

ext

to t

he q

uote

d st

atem

ent

from

Sen

. Zor

insk

y; M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

brie

f, at

DE/

LM 2

9, u

sing

the

sa

me

verb

iage

, cor

rect

ly se

para

tes t

he m

ater

ial.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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on

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Pag

e 16

of 6

1

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17

supr

a, 3

65 F

.3d

at 1

235

n.19

) mer

ely

beca

use

addi

tiona

levi

denc

e su

ppor

ting

the

clai

m e

mer

ges

late

r:

If w

hat p

etiti

oner

kno

ws

or c

ould

dis

cove

r upo

n re

ason

able

inve

stig

atio

n su

ppor

ts

a cl

aim

for r

elie

f in

a fe

dera

l hab

eas

petit

ion,

wha

t he

does

not

kno

w is

irre

leva

nt.

Om

issi

on o

f th

e cl

aim

will

not

be

excu

sed

mer

ely

beca

use

evid

ence

dis

cove

red

late

r mig

ht a

lso

have

supp

orte

d or

stre

ngth

ened

the

clai

m.

McC

lesk

ey v

. Zan

t, su

pra,

at 4

98.17

Add

ition

ally

, the

new

s ar

ticle

s th

ey d

iscu

ss a

nd o

ther

s th

ey li

st in

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s D

E

1-3

also

exi

sted

and

wer

e kn

owab

le (

liter

ally

, pub

lishe

d) a

t the

tim

e of

tria

l and

of

thei

r di

rect

appe

al, a

nd th

ere

is n

o “c

ause

” fo

r Mov

ants

not

to h

ave

incl

uded

them

in th

e m

any

com

pila

tions

of p

ublic

ity th

ey b

roug

ht to

the

trial

cou

rt’s

atte

ntio

n. S

ee D

E/cr

329

, 334

, 397

, 455

, 483

, 498

,

656,

804,

1009

,16

38,

1669

–al

l de

fens

e pl

eadi

ngs

that

com

pile

d an

d pr

esen

ted

new

spap

er

artic

les

to th

e co

urt.

Inde

ed, o

ne o

f th

e pl

eadi

ngs,

DE/

cr 3

29, i

nclu

ded,

at p

age

19, o

ne o

f th

e

very

artic

les

also

cite

dno

w:

“Cae

Red

de

Espi

onaj

e de

Cub

a,Ar

rest

an a

10

en M

iam

i”,

El

17Ev

en

if th

ese

issu

esw

ere

not

proc

edur

ally

ba

rred

, th

ey

lack

su

bsta

ntiv

e m

erit.

N

otw

ithst

andi

ng M

ovan

ts’

nega

tive

view

of

the

BB

G a

nd i

ts f

unct

ion

with

reg

ard

to C

uba

broa

dcas

ting,

it o

pera

tes

purs

uant

to a

sta

tuto

ry m

anda

te, t

he R

adio

Bro

adca

stin

g to

Cub

a A

ct,

22 U

.S.C

. 146

5et

seq

.Se

e G

AO

Rep

ort a

t 6. “

Bro

adca

stin

g to

Cub

a ha

s be

en a

n im

porta

nt p

art

of U

.S. f

orei

gn p

olic

y to

war

d C

uba

for

mor

e th

an tw

o de

cade

s,” id

. at 4

1, a

nd w

hile

Mov

ants

m

ay n

ot a

gree

with

that

pol

icy,

they

can

not c

ite it

as

a du

e-pr

oces

s vi

olat

ion.

Nor

is th

e B

BG

’s

mis

sion

reg

ime-

chan

ge,

as M

ovan

ts c

laim

. A

gain

, th

e G

AO

Rep

ort

is i

nstru

ctiv

e: “

The

obje

ctiv

es o

f R

adio

and

TV

Mar

tí ar

e to

(1)

sup

port

the

right

of

the

Cub

an p

eopl

e to

see

k,

rece

ive,

and

impa

rt in

form

atio

n an

d id

eas

thro

ugh

any

med

ia a

nd r

egar

dles

s of

fron

tiers

; (2)

be

effe

ctiv

e in

furth

erin

g th

e op

en c

omm

unic

atio

n of

info

rmat

ion

and

idea

s th

roug

h th

e us

e of

radi

o an

d te

levi

sion

bro

adca

stin

g to

Cub

a; (3

) ser

ve a

s a

cons

iste

ntly

relia

ble

and

auth

orita

tive

sour

ce

of a

ccur

ate,

obj

ectiv

e, a

nd c

ompr

ehen

sive

new

s; a

nd (

4) p

rovi

de n

ews,

com

men

tary

, and

oth

er

info

rmat

ion

abou

t eve

nts i

n C

uba

and

else

whe

re to

pro

mot

e th

e ca

use

of fr

eedo

m in

Cub

a,”

id. a

t 6-

7.

OC

B

guid

elin

es

pros

crib

e in

serti

on

into

br

oadc

asts

of

pe

rson

al

opin

ion,

re

porti

ng

unsu

bsta

ntia

ted

info

rmat

ion,

and

inci

tem

ent t

o re

volt

or o

ther

vio

lenc

e, id

. at 2

6.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 17

of 6

1

18

Nue

vo H

eral

d, S

ept.

15,1

998,

item

1h.

in M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

App

endi

xA

, DE/

RC

1-3

:1;s

ee a

lso

DE/

RC

1-2

:2. T

hisf

urth

er d

emon

stra

test

he a

vaila

bilit

y of

this

mat

eria

l to

Mov

ants

yea

rs a

go.18

Bec

ause

the

deca

de-o

ld n

ews

artic

les

are

proc

edur

ally

bar

red,

the

gove

rnm

ent n

eed

not

addr

ess

thei

r sub

stan

ce, b

ut w

ill b

riefly

do

so, w

ithou

t aba

ndon

ing

or w

aivi

ng it

s pr

oced

ural

-bar

obje

ctio

n. G

ener

ally

, the

pro

file

of th

e ar

ticle

s is

not

sig

nific

antly

diff

eren

t fro

m m

any

that

wer

e

prev

ious

ly p

rese

nted

, and

that

the

trial

and

app

ella

te c

ourts

det

erm

ined

did

not

pre

clud

e a

fair

trial

for

Mov

ants

, ei

ther

due

to

the

artic

les’

ton

e or

as

a re

flect

ion

of s

uppo

sed

com

mun

ity

prej

udic

e. M

any

of th

e ar

ticle

s Mov

ant r

efer

ence

s are

too

dist

ant i

n tim

e be

fore

the

trial

to p

ose

a

risk

of p

reju

dici

ng th

e en

tire

veni

re to

an

exte

nt th

at c

ould

not

be

cure

d by

the

cour

t’s m

odel

voi

r

dire

. See

Cam

pa 2

, 459

F.3

d at

114

5;19

see,

e.g

., ar

ticle

s 4

and

5 at

DE/

LM 5

:15,

20

18A

ny s

ugge

stio

n th

at th

e ar

ticle

s w

ere

unat

tain

able

with

out F

OIA

litig

atio

n, se

e D

E/C

R 1

-2:1

5 (“

. . .

as t

he F

OIA

pro

cess

has

pro

ceed

ed, a

nd a

s ad

ditio

nal n

ews s

torie

s ha

ve b

een

unco

vere

d . .

.”

), is

spe

ciou

s. Th

e ne

ws

artic

les

wer

e pu

blis

hed

to th

e w

orld

at t

he ti

me

they

wer

e w

ritte

n, a

nd

have

bee

n av

aila

ble

in a

rchi

ves a

nd o

nlin

e th

erea

fter.

and

artic

les

19A

ffirm

ing

the

trial

cou

rt’s a

sses

smen

t of t

he n

ews a

rticl

es, t

he E

leve

nth

Circ

uit s

aid:

Her

e, th

e ne

ws

mat

eria

ls s

ubm

itted

by

the

defe

ndan

ts fa

ll fa

r sho

rt of

the

volu

me,

sa

tura

tion,

and

inv

idio

usne

ss o

f ne

ws

cove

rage

suf

ficie

nt t

o pr

esum

e pr

ejud

ice.

O

f th

e nu

mer

ous

artic

les

subm

itted

, ver

y fe

w r

elat

ed d

irect

ly t

o th

e de

fend

ants

an

d th

eir

indi

ctm

ents

. Th

e ar

ticle

s pr

imar

ily c

once

rned

sub

ject

s su

ch a

s th

e co

mm

unity

ten

sion

s an

d pr

otes

ts r

elat

ed t

o ge

nera

l an

ti-C

astro

sen

timen

t, th

e co

nditi

ons

in C

uba,

and

oth

er o

ngoi

ng l

egal

cas

es, s

uch

as t

he E

lian

Gon

zale

z m

atte

r. O

f th

e ar

ticle

s ab

out

the

Bro

ther

s to

the

Res

cue

shoo

tdow

n, m

ost

wer

e pu

blis

hed

appr

oxim

atel

y on

e ye

ar b

efor

e th

e co

urt

first

rul

ed o

n th

e ch

ange

of

venu

e m

otio

n. T

here

fore

, th

e fe

w a

rticl

es t

hat

did

rela

te t

o th

e de

fend

ants

and

th

eir

alle

ged

activ

ities

in

pa

rticu

lar

wer

e to

o fa

ctua

l an

d to

o ol

d to

be

in

flam

mat

ory

or p

reju

dici

al. M

oreo

ver,

the

reco

rd r

efle

cts

that

not

a s

ingl

e ju

ror

who

del

iber

ated

on

this

cas

e in

dica

ted

that

he

or s

he w

as in

any

way

influ

ence

d by

new

s co

vera

ge o

f th

e ca

se. N

or d

oes

the

reco

rd r

efle

ct th

at a

ny o

ne o

f th

em

had

form

ed a

n op

inio

n ab

out t

he g

uilt

or in

noce

nce

of th

e de

fend

ants

bef

ore

the

trial

beg

an.

In f

act,

mos

t of

the

ven

ire r

evea

led

that

the

y w

ere

eith

er e

ntire

ly

unaw

are

of th

e ca

se, o

r ha

d on

ly a

vag

ue r

ecol

lect

ion

of it

. “To

igno

re th

e re

al

diff

eren

ces

in t

he p

oten

tial

for

prej

udic

e w

ould

not

adv

ance

the

cau

se o

f fu

ndam

enta

l fai

rnes

s, bu

t onl

y m

ake

impo

ssib

le th

e tim

ely

pros

ecut

ion

of p

erso

ns

who

are

wel

l kn

own

in t

he c

omm

unity

, w

heth

er t

hey

be n

otor

ious

or

mer

ely

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

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umen

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19

1a-1

t, 3a

-c, 4

a, 6

a-h,

7a-

c at

DE/

RC

1-3

.O

ther

arti

cles

are

, lik

e so

me

asse

ssed

by

the

trial

cou

rt

prev

ious

ly a

nd b

y C

ampa

2,

not

rela

ted

dire

ctly

to

the

defe

ndan

ts a

nd t

heir

indi

ctm

ents

. Se

e

DE/

RC

1-3

arti

cle

1o (

abou

t up

com

ing

sem

inar

rev

iew

ing

the

Cub

an M

issi

le C

risis

, an

d

refe

rrin

gto

196

3 co

nsul

tatio

ns b

etw

een

Fide

l Cas

tro a

ndN

ikita

Khr

usch

ev o

n ho

w to

set

up

a

spy-

pene

tratio

n sy

stem

), 6d

(ab

out

Wal

l St

reet

Jou

rnal

edi

toria

l se

ekin

g ar

rest

of

Cas

tro i

n

para

llel

to a

rres

t of

Chi

lean

Gen

eral

Pin

oche

t w

hile

tra

velin

g ab

road

). W

hile

Mov

ants

may

cons

ider

that

arti

cles

ref

lect

ing

gene

rally

on

Cas

tro a

nd th

e go

vern

men

t of

Cub

a su

ppor

t the

ir

clai

ms

of a

n un

fair

trial

, C

ampa

2ex

pres

sly

addr

esse

d, a

nd r

ejec

ted,

tha

t ar

gum

ent.

See

459

F.3d

.at 1

144.

21

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

prom

inen

t.” A

ccor

ding

ly, t

he d

efen

dant

s ha

ve fa

iled

to d

emon

stra

te th

at th

is tr

ial

was

“ut

terly

cor

rupt

ed b

y pr

ess c

over

age.

Oth

er a

rticl

es a

re n

on-in

flam

mat

ory,

fac

tual

acc

ount

s of

tria

l pro

ceed

ings

. See

DE/

CR

1-3

, arti

cle

2b (

sum

mar

izin

g cl

osin

g st

atem

ent b

y M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

cou

nsel

, with

brie

f

men

tion,

at e

nd,o

f pr

osec

utor

’s c

losi

ng s

tate

men

t), a

rticl

e 2e

(fa

ctua

l acc

ount

of

case

goi

ng to

jury

, quo

ting

trial

judg

e’s

rem

arks

and

jury

inst

ruct

ions

).O

ne s

uch

artic

le, D

E/C

R 1

-3, a

rticl

e 2a

(rep

ortin

gla

wye

r ar

gum

ents

at

trial

, ou

tsid

e pr

esen

ce o

f ju

ry,

conc

erni

ng p

rosp

ect

of f

urth

er

depo

sitio

ns in

Cub

a), r

ecei

ves

parti

cula

r cr

itici

sm b

y M

ovan

ts, s

ee D

E/LM

5:1

6, D

E/C

R 1

-2:7

,

Cam

pa 2

, 459

F.3

d at

114

5 (f

ootn

otes

, cita

tions

om

itted

)20

Mov

ant M

edin

a ci

tes

and

addr

esse

s ni

ne a

rticl

es a

t DE/

LM 5

:14-

17. E

ight

of t

he n

ine

are

also

lis

ted

on M

ovan

tCam

pa’s

DE/

RC

1-3

, and

will

not

be

dupl

icat

ivel

y di

scus

sed.

The

rem

aini

ng

artic

le, n

umbe

r 8

at D

E/LM

5:1

5, is

sai

d to

be

an it

em w

ritte

n by

Jos

e B

asul

to, a

nd th

eref

ore

wou

ld h

ave

noth

ing

to d

o w

ith M

ovan

ts’

clai

ms

abou

t jou

rnal

ists

pai

d by

the

BB

G. T

he c

ited

Bas

ulto

arti

cle

is s

aid

to h

ave

been

writ

ten

in M

ay, 2

000,

mon

ths

befo

re th

e co

urt i

mpo

sed

its

gag

orde

r on

trial

witn

esse

s.21

“Pre

judi

ce a

gain

st a

def

enda

nt c

anno

t be

pre

sum

ed f

rom

pre

trial

pub

licity

reg

ardi

ng

perip

hera

l m

atte

rs t

hat

do n

ot r

elat

e di

rect

ly t

o th

e de

fend

ant's

gui

lt fo

r th

e cr

ime

char

ged.

In

fact

, w

e ar

e no

t aw

are

of a

ny c

ase

in w

hich

any

cou

rt ha

s ev

er h

eld

that

pre

judi

ce c

an b

e pr

esum

ed fr

om p

retri

al p

ublic

ity a

bout

issu

es o

ther

than

the

guilt

or i

nnoc

ence

of t

hede

fend

ant.”

45

9 F.

3d a

t 114

4 (f

ootn

otes

om

itted

).

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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06/2

011

Pag

e 19

of 6

1

20

for

repo

rting

on

even

ts t

hat

the

jury

was

not

priv

y to

. H

owev

er,

the

repo

rted-

on d

iscu

ssio

n

occu

rred

in o

pen

cour

t,se

e D

E/cr

156

0:11

726-

1175

3; th

e pr

ess

was

not

bar

red;

and

Mov

ants

do

not

clai

m t

hat

othe

r re

porte

rs u

ncon

nect

ed t

o B

BG

pay

men

ts d

id n

ot s

imila

rly r

epor

t co

urt

proc

eedi

ngs

that

occ

urre

d w

hen

the

jury

was

not

pre

sent

.Mov

ant M

edin

a al

so a

rgue

s th

at th

is

new

s arti

cle

occu

rred

six

days

afte

r the

cou

rt ca

utio

ned

abou

t med

ia re

porti

ng o

n in

form

atio

n th

e

jury

is n

ot p

rivy

to, D

E/LM

5:1

6, b

ut n

o ci

tatio

n is

pro

vide

d.C

erta

inly

the

cour

t nev

er s

tate

d or

rule

d th

at th

e pr

ess

coul

d no

t rep

ort m

atte

rs o

ccur

ring

in o

pen

cour

t.In

deed

, suc

h a

rulin

g co

uld

have

run

afo

ul o

f th

e Fi

rst A

men

dmen

t and

of

the

Sixt

h A

men

dmen

t req

uire

men

t tha

t crim

inal

trial

s be

publ

ic.

Fina

lly, w

ith r

egar

d to

the

“ca

use”

pro

cedu

ral

bar,

the

reco

rd r

efle

cts

that

the

defe

nse,

and

the

indi

vidu

al d

efen

dant

s, w

ere

keen

ly a

war

e of

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

and

its a

rgua

ble

adve

rsity

to

them

. A

mon

g th

e ta

skin

gs t

o th

e de

fend

ants

fro

m t

he C

uban

Dire

ctor

ate

of

Inte

llige

nce

was

obs

erva

tion

and

surv

eilla

nce

of T

V M

arti’

s ae

rost

at b

allo

on t

rans

mitt

er a

t

Cud

joe

Key

. Se

e D

G-1

08 (

dire

ctiv

eto

def

enda

nt H

erna

ndez

on

“urg

ent

task

” to

acq

uire

info

rmat

ion

on b

allo

on,

trans

mitt

ing

equi

pmen

t, tra

nsm

issi

on s

ched

ule,

how

sig

nal

will

be

dire

cted

, all

tow

ard

the

goal

of

prep

arin

g m

echa

nism

s “t

hat w

ill a

llow

the

neut

raliz

atio

n of

the

enem

y’s

sign

al”)

;se

e al

so D

E/cr

14

87:3

229;

148

9:34

95;

1580

:139

66-1

3967

; 15

82:1

4269

(test

imon

y an

d cl

osin

g ar

gum

ents

abo

ut c

o-co

nspi

rato

rs s

urve

illin

g, p

hoto

grap

hing

TV

Mar

ti

blim

p;go

vern

men

t of C

uba

conc

ern

abou

t TV

Mar

tiup

grad

e); D

C-1

02,D

E/cr

149

7:46

04-4

605,

1562

:119

46-1

1948

(task

ing

for

defe

ndan

t G

onza

lez

as t

o “a

ctiv

e m

easu

re”

Teje

dor,

to s

ow

diss

ensi

on b

etw

een

lead

ers

of R

adio

and

TV

Mar

ti an

dco

nser

vativ

e m

embe

rs o

f th

e C

uban

Am

eric

an N

atio

nal

Foun

datio

n in

Mia

mi).

Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti

wer

e th

e su

bjec

t of

fre

quen

t

men

tion

and

test

imon

y at

the

tria

l. Se

e, e

.g.,

open

ing

stat

emen

t by

Her

nand

ez c

ouns

el, D

E/cr

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

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e 20

of 6

1

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21

1476

:161

7, a

nd t

estim

ony

elic

ited

by H

erna

ndez

cou

nsel

, in

clud

ing

collo

quy

and

cros

s-

exam

inat

ion,

DE/

cr

1504

:578

6-57

90;

1518

:608

1-60

95;

1534

:837

7-83

85;

1536

:866

2-86

65;

1537

:876

4-87

66;

1540

:900

1-90

05;

1541

:903

2-90

57;

1542

:922

8-92

36;

1545

:968

5-96

86,

conc

erni

ng w

itnes

s B

asul

to’s

inte

rvie

w o

n R

adio

Mar

ti’s

“En

Vivo

” sh

ow.

Cou

nsel

for M

ovan

t

Cam

pa a

lso

elic

ited

test

imon

y ab

out R

adio

Mar

ti. S

ee D

E/cr

151

8:61

25-6

130

(test

imon

y fr

om

Cub

an d

issi

dent

Mor

ejon

abo

ut a

ppea

ring

tele

phon

ical

ly o

n R

adio

Mar

ti).T

he c

ourt

and

coun

sel

disc

usse

d R

adio

and

TV M

arti

cove

ring

the

ongo

ing

trial

. See

DE/

cr 1

492:

3839

-384

0 (R

adio

Mar

ti re

ques

ted

trans

crip

ts),

158

5:14

646-

1464

7 (T

V M

arti

cam

eras

).In

deed

, bo

th M

ovan

ts

voic

ed s

ome

com

plai

nts

abou

t Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti

in th

eir a

ppea

ls. S

ee A

ppel

late

Joi

nt B

rief o

f

Mov

ant M

edin

a an

d co

-def

enda

nts H

erna

ndez

, Gue

rrer

o an

d G

onza

lez

in C

ampa

1(c

onso

lidat

ed

Cas

e N

o. 0

3-11

0-87

, app

eal f

rom

den

ial o

f mot

ion

for n

ew tr

ial),

Atta

chm

ent C

, at 3

7 (“

dogg

ed

follo

win

g of

ju

rors

by

Sp

anis

hla

ngua

ge

med

ia

(incl

udin

g go

vern

men

t-spo

nsor

ed

Rad

io

Mar

ti”))

.See

als

oA

ppel

late

Brie

f of M

ovan

t Cam

pa in

Cam

pa 1

(con

solid

ated

Cas

e N

o. 0

3-11

0-

87, a

ppea

l fro

m d

enia

l of

mot

ion

for

new

tria

l), A

ttach

men

t D,a

t 65

(juro

rs f

ilmed

by

cam

era

crew

s of

Cha

nnel

23

and

Rad

io M

arti,

“tw

o ve

hem

ently

ant

i-Cas

tro S

pani

sh l

angu

age

new

s

orga

niza

tions

”).T

he a

dver

sity

of M

ovan

ts to

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

was

wel

l kno

wn

at th

e

time

of tr

ial a

nd th

e di

rect

app

eal.

In th

e fa

ce o

f th

is r

ecor

d, M

ovan

ts c

anno

t sho

w “

caus

e” to

have

del

ayed

cla

ims a

bout

Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti,

and

the

OC

B’s

supp

osed

“pro

paga

nda”

pro

gram

until

yea

rs a

fter

thei

r ap

peal

s. Ev

en t

he p

rem

ise

that

Mov

ants

wer

e pr

even

ted

by e

xter

nalit

ies

from

kno

win

g th

e ad

ditio

nal

fact

tha

t so

me

Rad

io a

nd T

V M

arti

com

men

tato

rs a

nd p

rogr

am

parti

cipa

nts

also

wer

e lo

cal j

ourn

alis

ts is

que

stio

nabl

e. A

s th

e M

iam

i Her

ald

artic

le th

ey re

ly o

n

note

dof

Mov

ants

’ em

ploy

er,s

ee A

ttach

men

t A, “

The

gove

rnm

ent o

f C

uba

has

long

con

tend

ed

that

som

e So

uth

Flor

ida

Span

ish-

lang

uage

jour

nalis

ts w

ere

on th

e fe

dera

l pay

roll.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

376-

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umen

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on

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Pag

e 21

of 6

1

22

Even

if

Mov

ants

had

cau

se n

ot t

o ha

ve d

isco

vere

d th

e pa

ymen

ts t

o th

e si

x jo

urna

lists

until

afte

r th

e M

iam

i H

eral

d 20

06 a

rticl

e, t

hat

info

rmat

ion

does

not

bea

r th

e en

orm

ous

and

uniq

ue s

igni

fican

ce M

ovan

ts f

reig

ht it

with

. Rat

her,

it w

ould

be

at m

ost “

evid

ence

dis

cove

red

late

r [th

at] m

ight

als

o ha

ve su

ppor

ted

or st

reng

then

ed”

clai

ms e

ither

act

ually

mad

e, o

r cap

able

of

havi

ng b

een

mad

e, a

t tri

al a

nd o

n di

rect

app

eal,

whi

ch,

asM

cCle

skey

v.

Zant

tea

ches

, is

impe

rmis

sibl

e as

a b

asis

for c

olla

tera

l rel

ief,

467

U.S

. at 4

98. I

ndee

d, M

ovan

ts u

se th

eir c

laim

in

just

tha

t w

ay,

as a

mot

ion

to r

econ

side

r th

e ch

ange

-of-

venu

e is

sues

tha

t ha

ve a

lread

y be

en

exte

nsiv

ely

litig

ated

. For

inst

ance

, Mov

ants

arg

ue, D

E/LM

5:1

0-11

, 21;

DE/

RC

1-2

:13-

14, t

hat

the

juro

rs w

ere

hara

ssed

and

frig

hten

ed b

y de

mon

stra

tions

and

by

a m

edia

blit

z. T

hey

argu

ed

sim

ilarly

on

appe

al, s

ee 2

003

WL

2524

5480

at *

35-*

36; 2

003

WL

2524

5464

at *

3;

2005

WL

4638

012

at S

ectio

n IV

(1) [

no st

ar p

agin

atio

n]; 2

006

WL

2252

119

at *

7, *

13-*

14; A

ttach

men

t C

at 3

7,70

; Atta

chm

ent D

at 6

4-65

.22Th

e El

even

th C

ircui

trej

ecte

d th

e ar

gum

ent,

findi

ng th

atth

e

trial

cou

rt “m

aint

aine

d st

rict

cont

rol

over

the

pro

ceed

ings

by

empl

oyin

g va

rious

cur

ativ

e

mea

sure

sto

insu

late

the

jury

from

any

out

side

influ

ence

, fro

m th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e tri

al, ,

, , T

he

cour

t fie

rcel

y gu

arde

d th

e ju

ry fr

om o

utsi

de in

trusi

ons

. . .

The

cour

t too

k ex

tra s

teps

to in

sula

te

the

juro

rs d

urin

g th

eir d

elib

erat

ions

.” C

ampa

2,4

59 F

.3d

at 1

149.

Mov

ants

do

not,

and

cann

ot,

expl

ain

how

or w

hy th

e fa

ct th

at th

e B

BG

pai

d a

hand

ful o

f jou

rnal

ists

to b

e pa

nelis

ts o

n R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

tish

ows

wou

ld c

hang

e th

e ap

pella

te c

ourt’

s an

alys

is, o

r wou

ld u

ndo

the

trial

cour

t’s c

aref

ul a

nd su

cces

sful

mea

sure

s to

prot

ect t

he ju

ry.

22So

me

of t

hese

app

ella

te b

riefs

wer

e fil

ed b

y M

ovan

ts’

co-d

efen

dant

s; h

owev

er,

they

co-

adop

ted

one

anot

her’

s br

iefs

. See

200

3 W

L 25

2454

79 a

t *vi

ii -*

ix (M

ovan

t Med

ina

adop

ts c

o-de

fend

ants

’ br

iefs

); 20

03 W

L 25

2454

78 a

t *xv

i -*x

vii (

Mov

ant C

ampa

ado

pts

co-d

efen

dant

s’

brie

fs).

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

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umen

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23

D. P

roce

dura

l iss

ues:

Pre

judi

ce

Inde

ed,

as d

iscu

ssed

sup

ra,

Mov

ants

’ in

abili

ty t

o sh

ow p

reju

dice

from

the

BB

G

paym

ents

, as

requ

ired

by F

rady

,is

fata

l to

thei

r cla

im. “

To e

stab

lish

prej

udic

e, a

pet

ition

er ‘m

ust

shou

lder

the

bur

den

of s

how

ing,

not

mer

ely

that

the

err

ors

at h

is t

rial

crea

ted

a po

ssib

ility

of

prej

udic

e, b

ut t

hat

they

wor

ked

to h

is a

ctua

land

sub

stan

tial

disa

dvan

tage

, inf

ectin

g hi

s en

tire

trial

with

err

or o

fco

nstit

utio

nal

dim

ensi

ons,’

” G

lass

v. W

illia

ms,

2009

WL

9753

66, *

*1 (

11th

Cir.

200

9),

quot

ing

Frad

y.B

ut h

ere

ther

e w

ere

no e

rror

s at

Mov

ants

’ tri

al,

as t

he E

leve

nth

Circ

uit f

ound

, par

ticul

arly

in th

e re

alm

on

whi

ch M

ovan

ts w

ould

re-

focu

s: th

e fa

irnes

s, la

ck o

f

bias

and

tain

t, an

d im

parti

ality

of t

he ju

ry. N

or d

o M

ovan

ts s

how

how

the

fact

that

the

BB

G p

aid

jour

nalis

ts to

app

ear o

n R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti pr

ogra

ms

dire

cted

for b

road

cast

tow

ard

Cub

a

wor

ked

to t

heir

“act

ual

and

subs

tant

ial

disa

dvan

tage

,” i

nfec

ting

thei

r en

tire

trial

with

err

or.

Inde

ed, M

ovan

t doe

s no

t eve

n cl

aim

err

or b

y th

e co

urt,

but r

athe

r tha

t cou

nsel

wou

ld h

ave

done

certa

in th

ings

diff

eren

tly, h

ad th

ey k

now

n of

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

. For

inst

ance

, Mov

ants

sta

te,

DE/

LM 5

:21,

DE/

RC

1-2

:8, 2

2-24

, tha

t had

they

kno

wn

of th

e B

BG

pay

men

ts, t

hey

wou

ld h

ave

mov

ed to

seq

uest

er th

e ju

ry. B

ut s

pecu

latin

g ov

er w

hat t

hey

mig

ht h

ave

done

diff

eren

tly23

23M

ovan

ts m

ay b

e ad

verti

ng to

sta

ndar

ds fo

r ine

ffec

tive

assi

stan

ce o

f cou

nsel

, whi

ch c

an w

iden

th

e sc

ope

of is

sues

con

side

red

in a

§22

55 p

etiti

on. A

s di

scus

sed

infr

a, M

ovan

ts’ c

laim

s th

at n

ot

know

ing

abou

tth

e B

BG

pay

men

ts r

ende

red

them

ine

ffec

tive

as c

ouns

el a

re l

egal

ly u

nsou

nd.

Even

whe

n in

effe

ctiv

e as

sist

ance

of

coun

sel

is a

pro

cedu

rally

app

ropr

iate

cla

im,

it is

not

a

vehi

cle

mer

ely

to p

roje

ct h

inds

ight

scen

ario

s, in

the

abse

nce

of p

reju

dice

. See

Wat

ers

v. T

hom

as,

46 F

.3d

1506

, 151

4 (1

1th

Cir.

199

5) (

en b

anc)

(“T

he w

ides

prea

d us

e of

the

tact

ic o

f at

tack

ing

trial

cou

nsel

by

show

ing

wha

t ‘m

ight

hav

e be

en’ p

rove

s th

at n

othi

ng is

cle

arer

than

hin

dsig

ht –

exce

pt p

erha

ps th

e ru

le th

at w

e w

ill n

ot ju

dge

trial

cou

nsel

’s p

erfo

rman

ce th

roug

h hi

ndsi

ght.”

).is n

ot

the

sam

e as

est

ablis

hing

pre

judi

ce, a

nd th

ey m

ake

no a

rticu

latio

n of

how

they

wer

e pr

ejud

iced

by

not h

avin

g a

sequ

este

red

jury

. Th

ere

is n

o ev

iden

ce, o

r bas

is to

bel

ieve

, tha

t the

uns

eque

ster

ed

jury

was

tam

pere

d w

ithor

tai

nted

, an

d C

ampa

2co

nclu

ded

that

the

tria

l co

urt

prop

erly

and

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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e 23

of 6

1

24

suff

icie

ntly

pro

tect

ed th

e ju

ry f

rom

intru

sion

and

inst

ruct

ed th

em a

bout

not

rea

ding

or

liste

ning

to m

edia

acc

ount

s, w

ith n

othi

ng t

o su

gges

t vi

olat

ion

of t

hat

inst

ruct

ion.

M

ovan

ts’

hypo

thes

is

that

the

trial

cou

rt m

ight

hav

e se

ques

tere

d th

e ju

ry, o

r ev

en g

rant

ed M

ovan

ts’

chan

ge-o

f-ve

nue

requ

est,

base

d on

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

is n

ot o

nly

illog

ical

,24

E. C

laim

of s

truc

tura

l err

or

it is

als

o irr

elev

ant:

As

the

cour

t of

appe

als

foun

d, M

ovan

ts g

ota

fair

trial

with

the

uns

eque

ster

ed j

ury.

Mov

ants

suff

ered

no

prej

udic

e an

d th

ey a

re e

ntitl

ed to

no

relie

f. Se

e, e

.g.,

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Ent

reki

n, 5

08 F

.2d

1328

,

1330

(8th

Cir.

197

4)(§

2255

rel

ief

prop

erly

den

ied,

not

with

stan

ding

cla

im o

f pr

ejud

icia

l pre

trial

publ

icity

, w

here

tria

l co

urt

reco

gniz

ed t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

pre

judi

ce a

nd c

aref

ully

scr

eene

d

pros

pect

ive

juro

rs to

obt

ain

impa

rtial

ven

ire).

One

who

has

had

a fa

ir tri

al is

not

ent

itled

to a

new

trial

.

Taci

tly c

once

ding

thei

r in

abili

ty to

sho

w F

rady

pre

judi

ce, M

ovan

ts n

ever

cite

the

case

nor t

ry to

mat

ch th

eir

argu

men

ts to

its

stan

dard

. Ins

tead

, the

y ei

ther

pro

clai

m, w

ith n

o an

alys

is,

that

ther

e w

as p

reju

dice

, see

DE/

LM 5

:9 n

.1, o

r arg

ue th

at th

is is

one

of t

he v

ery

rare

cas

es w

here

prej

udic

e ne

ed n

ot b

e sh

own

beca

use

they

wer

e de

priv

ed o

f due

pro

cess

in a

man

ner q

ualif

ying

as s

truct

ural

err

or, D

E/R

C 1

-2:1

4. A

stru

ctur

al e

rror

is “

a de

fect

aff

ectin

g th

e fr

amew

ork

with

in

whi

ch th

e tri

al p

roce

eds,

rath

er th

an si

mpl

y an

err

or in

the

trial

pro

cess

itse

lf,”

John

son

v. U

nite

d

Stat

es, 5

20 U

.S. 4

61, 4

68 (1

997)

. It a

pplie

s “o

nly

in a

ver

y lim

ited

clas

s of

cas

es,”

id.,

none

of

24It

is il

logi

cal n

ot o

nly

to c

onje

ctur

e th

at th

e co

urt m

ight

hav

e gr

ante

d se

ques

tratio

n, o

r cha

nged

ve

nue,

on

such

a s

lim r

eed,

but

als

o be

caus

e th

ere

is n

o lo

gica

l ne

xus

betw

een

the

BB

G

paym

ents

and

the

ven

ire a

nd j

ury

circ

umst

ance

s th

e co

urt

was

ask

ed t

o as

sess

. Tha

t is

, ev

en

unde

r M

ovan

ts’

mos

t lu

rid s

pecu

latio

ns t

hat

som

ehow

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

sha

ped

the

new

s m

edia

that

rea

ched

the

venu

e, th

e ne

ws

stor

ies

and

artic

les

are

a hi

stor

ical

arti

fact

, kno

wn

and

know

able

to M

ovan

ts a

t th

e tim

e of

the

ir tri

al,

rega

rdle

ss o

f th

eir

gene

sis.

How

new

s m

edia

im

pact

ed th

e ve

nue

is u

ncha

nged

by

Mov

ants

’ spe

cula

tion

of B

BG

influ

ence

. If t

he ju

ry w

as n

ot

tain

ted

and

Mov

ants

wer

e no

t pre

judi

ced

by th

e m

edia

acc

ount

s, th

e fu

ndin

g so

urce

beh

ind

the

med

ia a

ccou

nts c

ould

not

hav

e al

tere

d th

at fa

ct.

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e 1:

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them

rem

otel

y lik

e M

ovan

ts’.

Bec

ause

the

case

s ar

e so

rar

e, th

ey c

an b

e ca

talo

gued

, and

Jud

ge

Car

nes

mad

e su

ch a

cat

alog

ue in

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Rod

rigu

ez, 4

06 F

.3d

1261

, 126

8-12

69

(11th

2005

)(C

arne

s, J.,

con

curr

ing)

, dra

wn

from

and

bui

ldin

g up

on A

rizo

na v

. Ful

min

ante

, 499

U.S

.

279

(199

1). W

ithou

t rep

eatin

g th

e ca

talo

gue,

we

note

that

all

invo

lve

som

e gr

ave

defe

ct in

the

judi

cial

pro

ceed

ing

itsel

f,su

ch a

sde

priv

atio

n of

righ

t to

coun

sel,

raci

ally

invi

diou

s ex

clus

ion

of

gran

d ju

rors

, se

rious

ly i

ncor

rect

crit

ical

jur

y in

stru

ctio

n, a

dmis

sion

of

evid

ence

obt

aine

d in

viol

atio

n of

the

Four

th A

men

dmen

t.H

ere,

by

cont

rast

, Mov

ants

rely

for t

heir

clai

m o

n ac

tion

by

an e

ntity

, the

BB

G, f

ar r

emov

ed f

rom

the

judi

cial

pro

ceed

ing,

with

no

disc

erni

ble

nexu

s to

the

proc

eedi

ng. E

ven

unde

r M

ovan

ts’

conj

ured

theo

ry –

that

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

eith

er d

elib

erat

ely

or i

ncid

enta

lly i

nflu

ence

d w

hat

a ha

ndfu

l of

jou

rnal

ists

pub

lishe

d ap

art

from

the

ir R

adio

/TV

Mar

tiw

ork

–th

ere

still

is

no a

rgua

ble

nexu

s to

the

pro

ceed

ings

diff

eren

t fr

omth

e on

e th

at

Cam

pa 2

alre

ady

cons

ider

ed,

that

is,

whe

ther

the

ven

ue w

as p

resu

mpt

ivel

y pr

ejud

iced

, an

d

whe

ther

the

jur

y w

as p

rope

rly a

nd f

airly

sele

cted

, in

stru

cted

and

ins

ulat

ed f

rom

out

side

intru

sion

s and

pub

licity

.

Mov

ant C

ampa

cite

s th

ree

case

s in

sup

port

of h

is “

stru

ctur

al e

rror

” ar

gum

ent,

DE/

RC

1-

2:14

.In

Este

s v.

Tex

as, 3

81 U

.S. 5

32, 5

78(1

965)

, the

def

enda

nt w

as d

enie

d du

e pr

oces

s w

here

cour

t pr

ocee

ding

s w

ere

cond

ucte

d in

a “

carn

ival

atm

osph

ere,

” w

ithth

e co

urtro

om a

mas

s of

wire

s, TV

cam

eras

, mic

roph

ones

and

pho

togr

aphe

rs, w

ith c

able

s sn

akin

g ac

ross

the

cour

troom

and

pres

s m

icro

phon

es o

n th

e ju

dge’

s be

nch,

bea

med

at

the

jury

box

and

at

coun

sel’s

tab

le.

Cam

pa 2

expr

essl

y co

nsid

ered

Est

esan

d fo

und

that

Mov

ant’s

tria

l “‘c

ompo

rted

with

the

high

est

stan

dard

s of

fairn

ess

and

prof

essi

onal

ism

’” a

nd “

was

not

hing

like

” Es

tes.

Cam

pa 2

, 459

F.3

dat

1149

. Mov

ant a

lso

cite

s C

aper

ton

v. A

.T. M

asse

y C

oal,

Co.

, 129

S.C

t. 22

52 (2

009)

and

Sul

livan

v. L

ouis

iana

, 508

U.S

. 275

(199

3), b

ut th

ose

also

are

dis

tingu

isha

ble

as in

volv

ing

defe

cts

in th

e

Cas

e 1:

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e 25

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1

26

judi

cial

mec

hani

sm i

tsel

f. Fu

rther

,st

ruct

ural

err

or r

equi

res

muc

h m

ore

than

nex

usan

d is

rese

rved

for

rar

e an

d ex

traor

dina

ry c

ases

, as

Jud

ge C

arne

s po

ints

out

.Su

lliva

n in

volv

ed a

n

egre

giou

sly,

and

con

cede

dly,

bad

jury

inst

ruct

ion;

Cap

erto

n in

volv

ed a

judg

e w

ho h

ad re

ceiv

ed

mill

ions

of d

olla

rs in

cam

paig

n co

ntrib

utio

ns fr

om a

litig

ant’s

prin

cipa

l and

did

not

recu

sew

hen

he s

houl

d ha

ve. M

ovan

t Cam

pa fa

ults

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

ana

lysi

s of

Cap

erto

n, li

kely

repl

ying

to

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

res

pons

e to

a s

imila

r ar

gum

ent

and

cita

tion

by M

ovan

t’s c

o-de

fend

ant

Her

nand

ez in

Ger

ardo

Her

nand

ez v

. Uni

ted

Stat

es, C

ase

No.

10-

2195

7-cv

-LEN

AR

D.25

25Th

e go

vern

men

t res

pond

ed to

Her

nand

ez’s

sim

ilar c

laim

abo

ut B

BG

pay

men

ts to

jour

nalis

ts,

at D

ocke

t Ent

ry 2

8, p

ages

93-

100,

in G

erar

do H

erna

ndez

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, Cas

e N

o. 1

0-21

957-

cv-L

ENA

RD

. Th

e go

vern

men

t re

spec

tfully

ref

ers

the

cour

t to

tha

t re

spon

se a

s to

Mov

ants

’ cl

aim

s as w

ell,

and

inco

rpor

ates

her

e by

refe

renc

e its

arg

umen

ts st

ated

ther

e.

Mov

ant

Cam

pa is

inco

rrec

t; th

e go

vern

men

t cor

rect

ly n

oted

that

in C

aper

ton

ther

e w

as a

dire

ct n

exus

betw

een

the

clai

med

def

ect –

judg

e fa

iled

to re

cuse

–an

d th

e ju

dici

al p

roce

edin

g ov

er w

hich

the

judg

e pr

esid

ed (o

n ap

peal

), w

here

as h

ere

ther

e is

no

nexu

s be

twee

n M

ovan

ts’ t

rial a

nd th

e B

BG

payi

ng jo

urna

lists

to a

ppea

r on

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti.

Cap

erto

n w

as d

ecid

ed a

fter

Judg

e

Car

nes

mad

e hi

s ca

talo

gue

in U

nite

d St

ates

v. [

Vlad

imir]

Rod

rigue

z, su

pra,

but

the

Ele

vent

h

Circ

uit h

ad o

ccas

ion

to n

ote

in a

late

r cas

e, U

nite

d St

ates

v. [

Alic

ia]

Rodr

igue

z,62

7 F.

3d 1

372,

1382

(11

thC

ir. 2

010)

, tha

t the

Sup

rem

e C

ourt’

s ho

ldin

g in

Cap

erto

nw

as n

arro

w, b

ased

on

the

extre

me

fact

s of

tha

t ca

se w

here

the

pre

sidi

ng j

udge

had

rec

eive

d a

mul

ti-m

illio

n do

llar

cam

paig

n co

ntrib

utio

n fr

om a

liti

gant

, and

tha

t th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

“lim

ited

its h

oldi

ng t

o th

e

‘ext

raor

dina

ry

situ

atio

n’

whe

re

the

‘pro

babi

lity

of

actu

al

[judi

cial

] bi

as

rises

to

an

unco

nstit

utio

nal

leve

l.” C

aper

ton

also

had

a u

niqu

e ci

rcum

stan

ce n

ot p

rese

nt h

ere:

The

re, t

he

judg

e’s s

tudi

ed c

oncl

usio

n th

at h

e w

as n

ot a

ctua

lly b

iase

d is

subj

ectiv

e, “

not o

ne th

at th

e la

w c

an

easi

ly s

uper

inte

nd o

r rev

iew

,” 1

29 S

.Ct.

at 2

263.

Her

e, b

y co

ntra

st, t

he v

alue

at i

ssue

–w

heth

er

Cas

e 1:

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Mov

ants

had

a f

air

trial

, bef

ore

a fa

ir ju

ry –

can

be, a

nd i

ndee

d ha

s be

en, s

uper

inte

nded

and

revi

ewed

, and

foun

d to

pas

s mus

ter,

byth

e El

even

th C

ircui

t in

Cam

pa 2

.

Fina

lly,

with

reg

ard

to M

ovan

t C

ampa

’s s

truct

ural

-err

or a

rgum

ent,

he o

mits

to

cite

anot

herc

ase

that

was

cite

d by

co-

defe

ndan

t Her

nand

ez: S

mith

v. P

hilli

ps, 4

55 U

.S. 2

09 (1

982)

.

In S

mith

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt re

vers

edha

beas

rel

ief t

hat h

ad b

een

gran

ted

on th

e pr

emis

e th

at a

juro

r w

ho h

ad a

pplie

d fo

r a

job

at th

e pr

osec

utor

’s o

ffic

e m

ust b

e pr

esum

ed b

iase

d. R

ever

sing

,

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt no

ted

“tha

t due

pro

cess

doe

s no

t req

uire

a n

ew tr

ial e

very

tim

e a

juro

r ha

s

been

pla

ced

in a

pot

entia

lly c

ompr

omis

ing

situ

atio

n. W

ere

that

the

rul

e, f

ew t

rials

wou

ld b

e

cons

titut

iona

lly a

ccep

tabl

e.”

455

U.S

. at

217.

Yet

Mov

ant

wou

ld s

et t

he b

ar e

ven

low

er,

dem

andi

ng a

new

tria

l whe

re th

ere

is n

o fa

ct-s

peci

fic b

asis

to p

resu

me

juro

r bia

s, as

ther

e w

as in

Smith

, and

whe

re th

e El

even

th C

ircui

t has

alre

ady

dete

rmin

ed th

at th

ere

was

no

juro

r bia

s.N

or

do M

ovan

ts c

ite a

ny c

ase

whe

re s

truct

ural

err

or h

as b

een

appl

ied

in t

he c

onte

xt o

f a

§225

5

petit

ion,

with

its F

rady

requ

irem

ent o

f act

ual p

reju

dice

.

F. B

rady

cla

im

Mov

ants

als

o ar

gue

that

the

pro

secu

tion

was

req

uire

d to

dis

clos

e to

the

m t

he B

BG

paym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

, citi

ng B

rady

v. M

aryl

and,

373

U.S

. 83

(196

3), U

nite

d St

ates

v. B

agle

y,

473

U.S

. 667

(198

5),a

nd S

tric

kler

v. G

reen

e, 5

27 U

.S. 2

63 (1

999)

.Th

eir c

laim

is in

corr

ect.

Ther

ear

e th

ree

esse

ntia

l el

emen

ts t

o a

Brad

ycl

aim

: (1

) th

e pr

osec

utio

n su

ppre

ssed

evid

ence

; (2

) th

e ev

iden

ce w

as f

avor

able

to th

e de

fens

e; a

nd (

3) th

e ev

iden

ce w

as m

ater

ial t

o

eith

er g

uilt

or p

unis

hmen

t. M

urph

y v.

Joh

nson

, 205

F.3

d 80

9, 8

14 n

.2 (

5th

Cir.

200

0); s

ee a

lso

Stri

ckle

r v. G

reen

e, 5

27 U

.S. 2

63, 2

81 (1

999)

;26

26St

rick

ler’

s w

ordi

ng i

s di

ffer

ent,

but

the

thre

e el

emen

ts a

re t

he s

ame:

“Th

ere

are

thre

e co

mpo

nent

s of

a tr

ue B

rady

vio

latio

n: T

he e

vide

nce

at is

sue

mus

t be

favo

rabl

e to

the

accu

sed,

ei

ther

bec

ause

it

is e

xcul

pato

ry,

or b

ecau

se i

t is

im

peac

hing

; th

at e

vide

nce

mus

t ha

ve b

een

John

son

v. A

laba

ma,

256

F.3

d 11

56, 1

189

(11t

h

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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D D

ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 27

of 6

1

28

Cir.

200

1). M

ater

ialit

y, fo

r Bra

dypu

rpos

es, e

quat

es to

pre

judi

ce: “

To d

emon

stra

te p

reju

dice

, the

petit

ione

r m

ust .

. . c

onvi

nce

us th

at th

ere

is a

rea

sona

ble

prob

abili

ty th

at th

e re

sult

ofth

e tri

al

wou

ld h

ave

been

diff

eren

t if t

he [a

llege

dly

supp

ress

ed it

ems]

had

bee

n di

sclo

sed

to th

e de

fens

e.

In o

ther

wor

ds, t

he q

uest

ion

is w

heth

er th

e fa

vora

ble

evid

ence

cou

ld re

ason

ably

be

take

n to

put

the

who

le c

ase

in su

ch a

diff

eren

t lig

ht a

s to

unde

rmin

e co

nfid

ence

in th

e ve

rdic

t.” H

igh

v. H

ead,

209

F.3d

125

7, 1

267

(11t

h C

ir.20

00) (

cita

tions

and

inte

rnal

quo

tatio

n m

arks

om

itted

).

Mur

phy,

Joh

nson

and

Stri

ckle

rlis

t the

ele

men

ts in

diff

eren

t ord

er, b

ut it

mat

ters

not

, for

Mov

ants

hav

eth

e bu

rden

to e

stab

lish

each

, and

if M

ovan

ts fa

ilto

sho

w a

ny o

ne o

f the

thre

e, th

e

cour

t ne

ed n

ot c

onsi

der

the

othe

r tw

o. S

ee W

eeks

v.

Jone

s, 26

F.3

d 10

30,

1047

(11

th C

ir.

1994

)(ha

beas

pet

ition

er m

ust

dem

onst

rate

thr

ee t

hing

s to

est

ablis

h Br

ady

viol

atio

n);

Uni

ted

Stat

esv.

McM

ahon

, 715

F.2

d 49

8, 5

01 (1

1th

Cir.

198

3) (B

rady

cla

iman

ts m

ust d

emon

stra

te th

ree

thin

gs);

Uni

ted

Stat

esv.

Edw

ards

, 442

F.3

d 25

8, 2

67 (5

th C

ir. 2

006)

(“pa

rties

alle

ging

a B

rady

viol

atio

n ha

ve t

he b

urde

n of

est

ablis

hing

all

thre

e pr

ongs

of

the

Brad

yte

st”)

; Id

. at

267

n.8

(fai

lure

to s

how

evi

denc

e su

ppre

ssed

, so

no n

eed

to a

ddre

ss w

heth

er e

vide

nce

mat

eria

l); N

elso

n

v. N

agle

, 995

F.2

d 15

49, 1

555

(11t

h C

ir. 1

993)

(“W

e w

ill n

ot a

ddre

ss th

e fir

st tw

o pr

ongs

of t

he

[Bra

dy] t

est b

ecau

se w

e fin

d th

at th

e ev

iden

ce w

as n

ot m

ater

ial”

). M

ovan

ts

here

do

no

t, an

d

cann

ot, e

stab

lish

any

of th

e th

ree

pron

gs.

i. Fi

rst B

rady

ele

men

t: su

ppre

ssio

n

As

for t

he s

uppr

essi

on p

rong

, whe

re th

e pr

osec

utio

n do

es n

ot p

osse

ss in

form

atio

n, th

ere

is n

o su

ppre

ssio

n an

d th

e pr

ong

is n

ot m

et. H

ere,

the

Mov

ants

cla

im th

at in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he

BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

was

hel

d by

the

BB

G. M

ovan

ts d

o no

t cla

im, i

nan

y bu

t the

mos

t

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

supp

ress

ed b

y th

e St

ate,

eith

er w

illfu

lly o

r ina

dver

tent

ly; a

nd p

reju

dice

mus

thav

e en

sued

.” Id

. at

281-

282.

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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D D

ocke

t 12/

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011

Pag

e 28

of 6

1

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29

vagu

ely

indi

rect

way

,tha

t the

pro

secu

tors

or t

he p

rose

cutio

n te

am h

ad th

is in

form

atio

n or

kne

w

abou

t the

BB

G’s

pay

men

ts.27

Post

-Kyl

es, t

he E

leve

nth

Circ

uit

has

cont

inue

d to

arti

cula

te a

nd r

ely

on t

he c

once

pt o

f

limiti

ng th

e pr

osec

utio

n’s

disc

losu

re d

uty

to in

form

atio

n kn

own

or p

osse

ssed

by

the

pros

ecut

ion

team

wor

king

on

the

crim

inal

cas

e. S

ee M

oon

v. H

ead,

285

F.3

d 13

01 (1

1thC

ir. 2

002)

. Mer

os’s

stat

emen

t th

at B

rady

app

lies

only

to

info

rmat

ion

poss

esse

d by

the

pro

secu

tor

or a

nyon

e ov

er

who

m h

e ha

s au

thor

ity c

ontin

ues

to b

e re

lied

on a

nd c

ited

by t

he E

leve

nth

Circ

uit.

See,

e.g

.,

Whi

le a

pro

secu

tor’

s du

ty to

dis

clos

e go

es b

eyon

d th

e pr

osec

utor

’s

pers

onal

aw

aren

ess

of g

over

nmen

t pos

sess

ion

of in

form

atio

n, th

at d

uty,

and

the

impu

tatio

n of

know

ledg

e to

the

pro

secu

tor,

does

not

ext

end

limitl

essl

y to

all

reac

hes

of t

he g

over

nmen

t, as

Mov

ants

sug

gest

or

impl

y. S

ee D

E/LM

5:1

9 n.

5; D

E/R

C 5

:7-8

, 21

n.6.

Rat

her,

“Bra

dy a

nd it

s

prog

eny

appl

y to

evi

denc

e po

sses

sed

by a

[fed

eral

] dis

trict

’s ‘p

rose

cutio

n te

am,’

whi

ch in

clud

es

both

inv

estig

ativ

e an

d pr

osec

utor

ial

pers

onne

l. Br

ady,

the

n,

appl

ies

only

to

info

rmat

ion

poss

esse

d by

the

pros

ecut

or o

r any

one

over

who

m h

e ha

s au

thor

ity.”

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Mer

os, 8

66

F.2d

130

4, 1

309

(11th

Cir.

198

9). M

eros

pre

date

s K

yles

v. W

hitle

y, 5

14 U

.S. 4

19 (

1995

), bu

t

Kyl

es i

s no

t to

the

con

trary

, ho

ldin

g th

at a

pro

secu

tor

“has

a d

uty

to l

earn

of

any

favo

rabl

e

evid

ence

kno

wn

to t

he o

ther

s ac

ting

on t

he g

over

nmen

t’s b

ehal

f in

the

cas

e, i

nclu

ding

the

polic

e,”

id. a

t 438

(em

phas

is a

dded

).M

ovan

ts c

ite K

yles

,inc

ludi

ngto

this

pas

sage

, see

DE/

LM

5:19

n.5

; DE/

RC

1-2

:8, 2

1 n.

6, b

ut s

till a

rgue

for a

gov

ernm

ent-w

ide

swee

p of

info

rmat

ion

to b

e

impu

ted

to th

e pr

osec

utor

, ess

entia

lly re

adin

g th

e em

phas

ized

wor

ds o

ut o

f the

cas

e.

27A

lthou

gh M

ovan

t C

ampa

say

s, at

DE/

RC

1-2

:3,

that

the

Exe

cutiv

e B

ranc

h of

the

fed

eral

go

vern

men

t pro

secu

ted

him

whi

le s

imul

tane

ousl

y pa

ying

jour

nalis

ts, a

nd th

at “

[t]he

pro

secu

tion

neve

r di

sclo

sed

this

fac

t, ev

en a

s it

oppo

sed”

the

cha

nge-

of-v

enue

mot

ion,

he

neve

r di

rect

ly

clai

ms

that

the

pros

ecut

ion

knew

the

fact

of t

he B

BG

pay

men

ts. M

ovan

t Med

ina

spea

ks o

f “th

e go

vern

men

t’s c

once

alm

ent o

f its

act

iviti

es,”

DE/

LM 5

:13,

but

, sig

nific

antly

, with

out s

peci

fyin

g th

e pr

osec

utio

n te

am; s

ee a

lso

id. a

t 19,

20

(“th

ere

is n

o do

ubt t

he g

over

nmen

t –th

e ve

ry p

arty

to

the

unde

rlyin

g cr

imin

al c

ase

–en

gage

d in

frau

d on

the

cour

t”).

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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D D

ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 29

of 6

1

30

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Nar

anjo

, 634

F.3

d 11

98, 1

212

(11th

Cir.

201

1). M

ovan

ts’ r

elia

nce

onM

artin

ez v

.

Wai

nwri

ght,

621

F.2d

184

(5th

Cir.

198

9), i

s al

so m

ispl

aced

;sub

sequ

ent c

ases

in b

oth

the

Fifth

and

Elev

enth

Circ

uits

rec

ogni

ze th

at M

artin

ezdo

es n

ot e

xpan

d th

e du

ty to

kno

w a

nd d

iscl

ose

info

rmat

ion

limitl

essl

y th

roug

hout

the

gove

rnm

ent.

See,

e.g

., U

nite

d St

ates

v. W

ebst

er, 3

92 F

.3d

787,

798

n.2

0 (5

thC

ir. 2

004)

(citi

ng M

artin

ez v

. Wai

nwri

ght,

but a

lso

notin

g th

at “

ther

e ar

e lim

its

on t

he i

mpu

tatio

n of

kno

wle

dge

from

one

arm

of

the

gove

rnm

ent

to p

rose

cuto

rs”)

; Pa

rker

v.

Alle

n, 5

65 F

3d 1

258,

127

7 (1

1thC

ir. 2

009)

(citi

ng M

artin

ez v

. W

righ

t, bu

t qu

alify

ing

it an

d

findi

ng n

o Br

ady

viol

atio

n in

non

-dis

clos

ure

of in

form

atio

n he

ld b

y an

othe

r arm

of g

over

nmen

t).

Inde

ed, M

oon

v. H

ead

favo

rabl

y no

ted

othe

r ca

ses,

chie

fly i

n th

e Se

cond

Circ

uit,

that

mak

e th

e po

int t

hat a

gov

ernm

ent-w

ide

duty

of

know

ledg

e an

d di

sclo

sure

was

nei

ther

req

uire

d

nor

feas

ible

. See

285

F.3

d at

130

9-13

10, q

uotin

g U

nite

d St

ates

v. A

velli

no, 1

36 F

.3d

249,

255

(2nd

Cir.

199

8):

[K]n

owle

dge

on t

he p

art

of p

erso

ns e

mpl

oyed

by

a di

ffer

ent

offic

e of

the

go

vern

men

t doe

s no

t in

all i

nsta

nces

war

rant

the

impu

tatio

n of

kno

wle

dge

to th

e pr

osec

utor

, for

the

impo

sitio

n of

an

unlim

ited

duty

on

a pr

osec

utor

to in

quire

of

othe

r of

fices

not

wor

king

with

the

pro

secu

tor's

off

ice

on t

he c

ase

in q

uest

ion

wou

ld in

appr

opria

tely

requ

ire u

s to

ado

pt “

a m

onol

ithic

vie

w o

f gov

ernm

ent”

that

w

ould

“co

ndem

n th

e pr

osec

utio

n of

crim

inal

cas

es to

a st

ate

of p

aral

ysis

.”

See

also

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Q

uinn

, 44

5 F.

2d 9

40,

944

(2d

Cir.

1971

)(re

fusi

ngto

im

pute

the

know

ledg

e of

a F

lorid

a pr

osec

utor

to

an A

USA

in

New

Yor

k, a

nd r

ejec

ting

as “

com

plet

ely

unte

nabl

e [th

e] p

ositi

on t

hat

‘kno

wle

dge

of a

ny p

art

of t

he g

over

nmen

t is

equ

ival

ent

to

know

ledg

e on

the

part

of th

is p

rose

cuto

r’”)

.Sut

ton

v. B

ell,

2011

WL

1225

891

(E.D

. TN

. 201

1)

also

mad

e th

is p

oint

, and

cite

d th

ese

case

s.Id

.at *

14-*

15. I

t als

o po

inte

d ou

t tha

t the

rare

cas

es

whe

re c

ourts

hav

e im

pute

d to

the

pros

ecut

ion

info

rmat

ion

from

out

side

the

team

’s fi

les

“usu

ally

conc

ern

cond

uctin

g cr

imin

al

back

grou

nd

chec

ks

on

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

ke

y co

oper

atin

g

witn

esse

s.”Id

. at *

14. E

ven

case

s w

here

cou

rts r

efus

e to

impu

te k

now

ledg

e in

volv

e in

form

atio

n

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e 1:

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abou

t tria

l witn

esse

s, as

in S

utto

n,M

oon

v. H

ead,

Qui

nn,P

arke

r v.

Alle

nan

d ot

hers

.See

als

o

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. M

orris

, 80

F.3

d 11

51,

1168

-116

9 (7

thC

ir. 1

996)

(ref

usin

g to

im

pute

to

pros

ecut

or k

now

ledg

e, a

nd d

uty

to d

iscl

ose,

pot

entia

lly e

xcul

pato

ry i

nfor

mat

ion

poss

esse

d by

othe

r fe

dera

l ag

enci

es i

ndep

ende

ntly

inv

estig

atin

g si

mila

r or

rel

ated

mat

ter)

; U

nite

d St

ates

v.

Web

ster

, su

pra,

392

F.3d

at

798

n.20

(co

nclu

ding

tha

t pr

osec

utor

s di

d no

t co

nstru

ctiv

ely

poss

ess,

or im

pute

dly

know

, arg

uabl

e im

peac

hmen

t mat

eria

l fr

ompr

ior

Dep

artm

ent o

f Ju

stic

e

civi

l liti

gatio

n).

Mov

ants

, by

cont

rast

, pos

it co

nstru

ctiv

e po

sses

sion

, and

a d

uty

to d

iscl

ose,

far v

aste

r tha

n

anyt

hing

in th

ose

case

s: th

at is

, tha

t the

pro

secu

tion

was

requ

ired

to in

quire

of t

he e

ntire

fede

ral

gove

rnm

ent

for

anyt

hing

tha

t an

y fe

dera

l en

tity

was

doi

ng t

hat

mig

ht t

ouch

on

thei

r ca

se.

Furth

er, M

ovan

ts w

ould

ext

end

that

dut

y be

yond

just

fact

ual i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t the

ir ch

arge

s to

even

the

ver

y at

tenu

ated

con

nect

ion

they

see

k to

mak

e th

at t

he B

BG

’s a

nd O

CB

’s e

ngag

ing

parti

cipa

nts

for

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

prog

ram

s im

pact

ed M

ovan

ts’

pros

ecut

ion.

Thi

s is

a

posi

tion

even

mor

e “c

ompl

etel

y un

tena

ble”

than

wha

tQui

nnor

the

othe

r cas

es p

roje

cted

.

The

BB

G i

s an

ind

epen

dent

fed

eral

age

ncy,

GA

O R

epor

t at

7.

The

Off

ice

of C

uba

Bro

adca

stin

g is

ove

rsee

n by

the

BB

G,

the

BB

G’s

Int

erna

tiona

l B

road

cast

ing

Bur

eau

and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te O

ffic

e of

Insp

ecto

r Gen

eral

. GA

O R

epor

t at i

nsid

e co

ver,

36-3

8.Th

ey a

re

in n

o w

ay p

art o

f the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice,

and

thei

r mis

sion

is n

ot la

w e

nfor

cem

ent.

Mov

ants

do n

ot c

laim

, and

pro

vide

no

subs

tant

iatio

n, th

at th

e B

BG

was

par

t of t

he p

rose

cutio

n te

am o

r the

crim

inal

inve

stig

atio

n or

pro

secu

tion.

Und

er a

ll th

e ap

plic

able

cas

elaw

, the

BB

G’s

mat

eria

ls a

nd

info

rmat

ion

are

not

impu

tabl

e to

the

kno

wle

dge

of t

he p

rose

cutio

n.28

28Si

mila

rly, t

he s

uppo

sed

faili

ngs

of th

e B

BG

, im

plie

d in

Mov

ants

’ arg

umen

ts a

bout

the

Smith

-M

undt

Act

and

Sen

. Zor

insk

y’s

rem

arks

on

the

pros

crip

tion

agai

nst d

omes

tic p

ropa

gand

a, w

ould

no

t be

impu

tabl

e to

the

pros

ecut

ion,

eve

n if

Mov

ants

cou

ld m

ake

out t

heir

very

sha

ky c

laim

of

The

first

pro

ng o

f th

e

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

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e 1:

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32

Brad

yst

anda

rds

–su

ppre

ssio

n by

the

pros

ecut

ion

of in

form

atio

n in

thei

r ac

tual

or

cons

truct

ive

poss

essi

on –

is n

ot m

et.

Mov

ants

’ ar

gum

ents

tha

t th

e pr

osec

utor

s pe

rpet

rate

d a

frau

d on

the

cour

t, an

d th

at th

e

gove

rnm

ent

viol

ated

Loc

al R

ules

and

the

tria

l co

urt’s

gag

ord

ers

thro

ugh

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

,

also

fai

l fo

r th

e sa

me

reas

on,

and

base

d on

the

sam

e pr

eced

ents

, as

inf

orm

the

“pr

osec

utio

n

team

” co

ncep

t: K

now

ledg

e of

thos

e pa

ymen

ts c

anno

t be

impu

ted

to th

e pr

osec

utio

n te

am, a

nd

the

pros

ecut

ors

had

no d

uty

to le

arn

of o

r see

k ou

t suc

h fa

r-flu

ng in

form

atio

n no

t pos

sess

ed b

y

the

pros

ecut

ion

team

.

The

cour

t im

pose

d tw

o di

ffer

ent t

ypes

of g

ag o

rder

in th

is c

ase,

one

at t

he re

ques

t of t

he

gove

rnm

ent

and

one

at t

he r

eque

st o

f th

e de

fens

e. I

n O

ctob

er 1

998

the

gove

rnm

ent

soug

ht

enfo

rcem

ent o

f Loc

al R

ule

77.2

con

trolli

ng a

ttorn

eys’

ext

raju

dici

al s

tate

men

ts to

the

pres

s, af

ter

a de

fens

e at

torn

ey’s

rep

eate

d ex

traju

dici

al p

ress

com

men

ts,

incl

udin

g de

scrib

ing

co-o

pera

ting

co-d

efen

dant

s as

“ra

ts”

com

ing

to c

olle

ct g

over

nmen

t-off

ered

“ch

eese

.” D

E/cr

118

. The

cou

rt

gran

ted

the

mot

ion,

DE/

cr 1

22.

On

the

first

day

of

trial

, th

e co

urt

note

d th

at r

elat

ives

of

the

Bro

ther

s to

the

Res

cue

shoo

tdow

n vi

ctim

s ha

d be

en ta

lkin

g to

the

pres

s, le

adin

g to

dis

cuss

ion

of

the

exte

nt o

f the

ext

ant g

ag o

rder

and

of t

he w

itnes

s-se

ques

tratio

n ru

le. S

ee D

E/cr

146

9:11

1-12

1;

see

also

DE/

cr 1

470:

194.

Def

ense

cou

nsel

requ

este

d th

at th

e ex

istin

g ga

g or

der b

e br

oade

ned

to

appl

y to

pro

spec

tive

witn

esse

s as

wel

l, pr

eclu

ding

the

m f

rom

com

men

ting

on t

he t

rial

to t

he

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

BB

G im

prop

riety

. Mov

ants

’ poi

nt s

eem

s to

be

that

sim

ply

by e

ngag

ing,

and

pay

ing,

jour

nalis

ts

to p

artic

ipat

e in

OC

B p

rogr

amm

ing,

the

BB

G v

iola

tes

the

Smith

-Mun

dt A

ct

and

enga

ges

in

proh

ibite

d do

mes

tic p

ropa

gand

a. M

ovan

ts o

ffer

no

lega

l su

ppor

t fo

r th

is p

ropo

sitio

n. A

s M

ovan

ts’

own

mat

eria

ls m

ake

clea

r, th

e B

BG

con

tinue

s to

eng

age

jour

nalis

ts f

or B

BG

br

oadc

astin

g, a

nd h

as d

one

so f

or y

ears

, in

clud

ing

for

non-

OC

B p

rogr

ams

like

the

Voi

ce o

f A

mer

ica.

See

Cas

e St

udy

at 1

7 n.

23. F

urth

er, e

ven

if M

ovan

ts’

farf

etch

ed t

heor

y of

vio

latio

n w

ere

soun

d, it

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

impa

cted

or p

reju

dice

d M

ovan

ts’ t

rial.

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e 1:

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pres

s. Th

e co

urt g

rant

ed th

is re

ques

t and

ann

ounc

ed s

uch

an o

rder

and

dire

cted

the

atto

rney

s to

so in

stru

ct th

eir w

itnes

ses.

See

DE/

cr 1

17-1

19.29

Mov

ants

do

not

esta

blis

h a

viol

atio

n of

eith

er o

rder

. The

y pr

oduc

e no

pre

ss a

rticl

es i

n

viol

atio

n of

it n

or a

ny e

xtra

judi

cial

pre

ss s

tate

men

ts b

y a

gove

rnm

ent w

itnes

s or

by

a pr

osec

utor

or o

ther

mem

ber

of t

he p

rose

cutio

n te

am.30

29Th

e tra

nscr

ipt h

as th

e co

urt s

ayin

g “I

sus

pect

all o

f the

atto

rney

s w

ill in

stru

ct th

eir w

itnes

ses

they

are

not

to ta

lk to

eac

h ot

her o

r to

the

med

ia,”

DE/

cr 1

469:

119

(em

phas

is a

dded

), bu

t cle

arly

th

e co

urt’s

act

ual w

ord

was

“ex

pect

.”

Mov

ants

foc

us o

n tri

allit

igat

ion

over

whe

ther

a

pros

pect

ive

defe

nse

witn

ess,

Ric

hard

Nuc

cio,

had

vio

late

d th

e or

der,

see

DE/

cr 8

18, 8

20, b

ut d

o

not a

ckno

wle

dge

that

the

cour

t’s g

ag o

rder

was

,pro

perly

,lim

ited

to s

tate

men

ts b

y w

itnes

ses

and

trial

par

ticip

ants

, and

did

not

ext

end

to g

aggi

ng th

e pr

ess

itsel

f. M

ovan

t Med

ina

argu

es a

gain

, as

he d

id a

t tri

al,

see

DE/

cr 8

20:4

, th

at t

he p

rose

cutio

n ex

ploi

ted

its p

lead

ing

abou

t N

ucci

o to

chan

nel

info

rmat

ion

to t

he p

ress

. B

ut t

he p

rose

cutio

n m

ade

no e

xtra

judi

cial

sta

tem

ent,

and

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

clai

m w

as f

ully

kno

wn

to h

im a

t tria

l and

cou

ld h

ave

been

rai

sed

by h

im o

n

appe

al; a

s a

§225

5 cl

aim

it c

anno

t cle

ar th

e Fr

ady

“cau

se”

hurd

le.

Mov

ant M

edin

a al

so c

laim

s

that

the

gov

ernm

ent’s

sta

tem

ent,

in i

ts p

lead

ing,

tha

t ex

traju

dici

al w

itnes

s st

atem

ents

pos

e a

“ris

k” a

mou

nts

to a

con

cess

ion

that

sup

ports

Mov

ants

’ cla

ims

abou

t the

BB

G p

aym

ents

, DE/

LM

5:8.

Thi

s is

not

cor

rect

. The

gov

ernm

ent w

as re

ferr

ing,

exp

licitl

y, to

ext

raju

dici

al s

tate

men

ts “

by

pers

ons

who

are

des

igna

ted

witn

esse

d in

this

mat

ter,”

DE/

cr 8

18:3

. Fur

ther

, mer

e re

cogn

ition

by

the

gove

rnm

ent o

f a ri

sk th

at s

houl

d be

pru

dent

ly a

void

ed is

no

mor

e a

conc

essi

on o

f avi

olat

ion

than

the

cour

t’s e

xten

sive

mea

sure

s to

insu

late

and

inst

ruct

the

jury

aw

ay f

rom

med

ia a

ccou

nts

amou

nt to

a c

once

ssio

n th

at th

ere

was

a v

iola

tive

tain

t.

30O

f co

urse

, an

y ne

ws

artic

les

prod

uced

at

this

lat

e da

te,

mor

e th

an 1

0 ye

ars

afte

r th

e tri

al,

wou

ld fa

il Fr

ady’

s “ca

use”

test

.

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e 1:

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34

Any

eff

ort

by M

ovan

tsto

con

vert

the

cour

t’s o

rder

s in

thi

s ca

se t

o a

broa

d in

junc

tion

agai

nst e

very

fed

eral

age

ncy’

s ac

tions

, out

side

the

scop

e an

d au

thor

ity o

f, an

d un

know

n to

, the

pros

ecut

ion

team

, do

es n

ot s

quar

e w

ith t

he l

aw.

In

addi

tion

to t

he e

xten

sive

cas

elaw

, ci

ted

supr

a, d

efin

ing

and

delim

iting

the

res

pons

ibili

ties

of t

he p

rose

cutio

n te

am, s

ee a

lso

Wyl

er v

.

Kor

ean

Air

Line

s C

ompa

ny, L

td.,

928

F.2d

116

7, 1

171

(D.C

. Cir.

199

1)(“

One

fed

eral

age

ncy

‘sho

uld

not

be c

harg

ed w

ith k

now

ledg

e of

wha

t an

othe

r is

doi

ng s

impl

y be

caus

e bo

th a

re

com

pone

nts

of th

e sa

me

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t.’”)

; Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Wei

nste

n, 1

998

WL

3381

, *6

(E.D

.N.Y

. 199

8)(c

iting

and

quo

ting

Wyl

erin

crim

inal

-cas

e co

ntex

t). H

avin

g re

ceiv

ed th

e co

urt’s

orde

rs, t

he p

rose

cutio

n w

as re

quire

d to

obe

y it

and

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll m

embe

rs o

f the

pro

secu

tion

team

obe

yed

it; M

ovan

ts c

ite n

o au

thor

ity t

hat

the

pros

ecut

ion’

s du

ty e

xten

ded

to p

rovi

ding

notic

e of

the

orde

r lim

itles

sly

thro

ugho

ut th

e fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ent.

In a

ny e

vent

, Mov

ants

do

not s

how

that

any

gov

ernm

ent e

ntity

vio

late

d th

e co

urt’s

ord

er,

whe

ther

ser

ved

with

it o

r no

t. A

s de

scrib

ed a

t len

gth

abov

e, th

e B

BG

’s p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

wer

e fo

r pa

rtici

patio

n in

Rad

io M

arti

and

Tele

visi

on M

arti

prog

ram

min

g ai

med

at

Cub

a. I

f

Mov

ants

’com

plai

nt is

that

the

very

ope

ratio

n of

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

affr

onte

d th

e co

urt’s

orde

r, M

ovan

tsw

ere

wel

l aw

are

of t

hose

ope

ratio

ns a

t th

e tim

eof

the

tria

l, as

set

for

th

exte

nsiv

ely

abov

e, a

nd c

ould

hav

e m

ade

that

cla

im th

en, w

hen

the

cour

t cou

ld h

ave

addr

esse

d it;

Mov

ants

als

o co

uld

have

rai

sed

it on

dire

ct a

ppea

l. If

Mov

ants

’ co

mpl

aint

is

that

the

BB

G

paym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

see

ped

into

and

influ

ence

d th

e jo

urna

lists

’ sou

th F

lorid

a no

n-go

vern

men

t

publ

icat

ions

, th

at c

onje

ctur

e is

, as

dis

cuss

ed a

bove

, w

ithou

t fo

unda

tion,

and

con

tradi

cted

by

Mov

ants

’m

ater

ials

, w

hich

sho

w p

aym

ent

for

parti

cipa

tion

in R

adio

Mar

ti an

d TV

Mar

ti

prog

ram

min

g.

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e 1:

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ii. S

econ

d Br

ady

elem

ent:

favo

rabi

lity

to th

e de

fens

e

The

seco

nd B

rady

pro

ng is

that

the

info

rmat

ion

at is

sue

is fa

vora

ble

to th

e de

fens

e or

, as

Stri

ckle

r v. G

reen

e,

527

U.S

. at 2

81-2

82,p

ut it

, “Th

e ev

iden

ce a

t iss

ue m

ust b

e fa

vora

ble

to th

e

accu

sed,

eith

er b

ecau

se i

t is

exc

ulpa

tory

, or

beca

use

it is

im

peac

hing

.”H

ere,

the

inf

orm

atio

n

abou

t BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

is n

eith

er e

xcul

pato

ry n

or im

peac

hing

. Whi

le M

ovan

ts c

laim

that

it is

favo

rabl

e to

thei

r leg

al a

rgum

ents

for a

cha

nge

of v

enue

, the

y pr

ovid

e no

auth

ority

that

wou

ld e

xpan

d th

e Br

ady

stan

dard

to

enco

mpa

ss i

nfor

mat

ion

that

has

no

rela

tions

hip

to t

he

fact

ual

guilt

or

inno

cenc

e of

a d

efen

dant

, or

to

impe

achm

ent

of a

witn

ess.

Prod

uctio

n of

info

rmat

ion

that

is n

ot e

xpre

ssly

exc

ulpa

tory

, but

pos

sibl

y m

ight

be

favo

rabl

e to

the

defe

ndan

t

by in

fere

ntia

l rea

soni

ng, i

s be

yond

the

scop

e of

Bra

dy.

See,

e.g

., U

nite

d St

ates

v. C

omos

ona,

848

F.2d

111

0, 1

115

(10t

h C

ir. 1

988)

(“Th

e G

over

nmen

t has

no

oblig

atio

n to

dis

clos

e po

ssib

le

theo

ries

of th

e de

fens

e to

a d

efen

dant

. If a

sta

tem

ent d

oes

not c

onta

in a

ny e

xpre

ssly

exc

ulpa

tory

mat

eria

l, th

e G

over

nmen

t ne

ed n

ot p

rodu

ce t

hat

stat

emen

t to

the

def

ense

. To

hol

d ot

herw

ise

wou

ld i

mpo

se a

n in

supe

rabl

e bu

rden

on

the

Gov

ernm

ent

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

faci

ally

non

-

excu

lpat

ory

evid

ence

mig

ht p

ossi

bly

be fa

vora

ble

to th

e ac

cuse

d by

infe

rent

ial r

easo

ning

. We

are

conf

iden

t tha

t the

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

did

not i

nten

d th

e Br

ady

hold

ing

to sw

eep

so b

road

ly”)

.In

any

even

t, as

dis

cuss

ed a

bove

, the

exi

sten

ce o

f B

BG

pay

men

ts to

jour

nalis

ts d

oes

not a

dvan

ce th

e

Mov

ants

’ int

eres

ts a

nd is

not

“fa

vora

ble”

to th

eir c

laim

s.

iii. T

hird

Bra

dy e

lem

ent:

mat

eria

lity

Mov

ants

als

o ca

nnot

mee

t the

third

Bra

dypr

ong,

mat

eria

lity.

Kyl

es v

. Whi

tley,

supr

a, se

ts

forth

the

stan

dard

, con

stru

ing

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Bag

ley,

473

U.S

. 667

:

Bagl

eyhe

ld t

hat

rega

rdle

ss o

f re

ques

t, fa

vora

ble

evid

ence

is

mat

eria

l, an

d co

nstit

utio

nal e

rror

res

ults

fro

m it

s su

ppre

ssio

n by

the

gove

rnm

ent,

“if

ther

e is

a

reas

onab

le p

roba

bilit

y th

at, h

ad t

he e

vide

nce

been

dis

clos

ed t

o th

e de

fens

e, t

he

resu

lt of

the

pro

ceed

ing

wou

ld h

ave

been

diff

eren

t. .

.Ba

gley

's to

uchs

tone

of

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e 1:

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36

mat

eria

lity

is a

“re

ason

able

pro

babi

lity”

of a

diff

eren

t res

ult,

and

the

adje

ctiv

e is

im

porta

nt. T

he q

uest

ion

is n

ot w

heth

er th

e de

fend

ant w

ould

mor

e lik

ely

than

not

ha

ve re

ceiv

ed a

diff

eren

t ver

dict

with

the

evid

ence

, but

whe

ther

in it

s ab

senc

e he

re

ceiv

ed a

fai

r tri

al,

unde

rsto

od a

s a

trial

res

ultin

g in

a v

erdi

ct w

orth

y of

co

nfid

ence

. A “

reas

onab

le p

roba

bilit

y” o

f a d

iffer

ent r

esul

t is

acco

rdin

gly

show

n w

hen

the

gove

rnm

ent's

evi

dent

iary

sup

pres

sion

“un

derm

ines

con

fiden

ce i

n th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

trial

.”. .

. O

ne d

oes

not s

how

a B

rady

viol

atio

n by

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at s

ome

of th

e in

culp

ator

y ev

iden

ce s

houl

d ha

ve b

een

excl

uded

, but

by

show

ing

that

the

fav

orab

leev

iden

ce c

ould

rea

sona

bly

be t

aken

to

put

the

who

le c

ase

in

such

a d

iffer

ent l

ight

as t

o un

derm

ine

conf

iden

ce in

the

verd

ict.

Kyl

es v

. Whi

tley,

514

U.S

. at 4

33-4

53 (c

itatio

nsan

dpa

ragr

aph

brea

ksom

itted

).Si

nce

none

of t

he

info

rmat

ion

at i

ssue

her

e is

evi

denc

e re

latin

g to

Mov

ants

’ gu

ilt o

r in

noce

nce,

or

witn

ess-

impe

achm

ent,

it w

ould

seem

to b

e ex

clud

ed p

er se

from

bei

ng m

ater

ial.

Even

if th

ere

is n

ot a

per

se e

xclu

sion

, the

info

rmat

ion

abou

t BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

can

not “

reas

onab

ly b

e ta

ken

to

put

the

who

le c

ase

in s

uch

a di

ffer

ent

light

as

to u

nder

min

e co

nfid

ence

in

the

verd

ict.”

The

info

rmat

ion

wou

ld h

ave

had

no im

pact

on

the

jury

, as

it w

as n

ot a

dmis

sibl

e ev

iden

ce a

nd n

ever

wou

ld h

ave

been

pre

sent

ed in

cou

rt. T

he p

rosp

ect t

hat t

he in

form

atio

n w

ould

hav

e ad

ded

to th

e

Mov

ants

’ ar

gum

ents

for

cha

nge

of v

enue

, or

for

, as

the

y cl

aim

, ju

ryse

ques

tratio

n, d

oes

not

unde

rmin

e co

nfid

ence

in th

e ve

rdic

t, w

here

the

Cou

rt of

App

eals

has

con

clud

ed th

at th

e tri

al w

as

cond

ucte

d in

an

exem

plar

y fa

shio

n, a

nd th

at th

e ju

ry w

as u

nbia

sed

and

was

pro

perly

sel

ecte

d,

insu

late

d, a

nd in

stru

cted

. It c

omes

bac

k to

the

poin

t tha

t Mov

ants

can

not e

stab

lish

prej

udic

e, a

nd

inde

ed “

prej

udic

e” is

but

ano

ther

way

of s

tatin

g th

e m

ater

ialit

y pr

ong

of B

rady

. See

Str

ickl

er v

.

Gre

ene,

527

U.S

. 281

-282

, whi

chre

stat

es th

e th

ird (m

ater

ialit

y) B

rady

pro

ng a

s “t

hat p

reju

dice

mus

t hav

e en

sued

.” S

ee a

lso

Bank

s v.

Dre

tke,

540

U.S

. 668

, 691

(200

4), r

ecog

nizi

ng th

e pa

ralle

l

betw

een

prej

udic

e an

d Br

ady’

s mat

eria

lity

stan

dard

.31

31N

or is

“co

nfid

ence

” in

the

verd

ict t

o be

mea

sure

d by

crit

ique

s of

per

sons

and

ent

ities

ext

erna

l to

jud

icia

l re

view

, su

ch a

s fo

rmer

Pre

side

nt C

arte

r, th

e U

N W

orki

ng G

roup

on

Arb

itrar

y D

eten

tion,

and

the

Nat

iona

l C

omm

ittee

to

Free

the

Cub

an F

ive,

ref

eren

ced

by M

ovan

ts. T

his

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

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37

The

gove

rnm

ent

does

not

con

cede

tha

t in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

to

jour

nalis

ts w

ould

hav

e he

lped

Mov

ants

adv

ance

–le

t al

one

win

–th

eir

chan

ge o

f ve

nue

argu

men

t. Fu

rther

, sin

ce M

ovan

tsre

ceiv

ed a

fai

r tri

al e

ven

with

out

the

chan

ge o

f ve

nue

they

soug

ht,

the

info

rmat

ion

is i

mm

ater

ial

for

Brad

y pu

rpos

es.

But

eve

n if

it w

ould

hav

e be

en

“hel

pful

” to

thei

r ar

gum

ent,

that

is n

ot th

e m

easu

re o

f Br

ady

mat

eria

lity.

“Th

e m

ere

poss

ibili

ty

that

an

item

of

undi

sclo

sed

info

rmat

ion

mig

ht h

ave

help

ed th

e de

fens

e, o

r m

ight

hav

e af

fect

ed

the

outc

ome

of t

he t

rial,

does

not

est

ablis

h ‘m

ater

ialit

y’ i

n th

e co

nstit

utio

nal

sens

e.”

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Agu

rs, 4

27 U

.S. 9

7, 1

09-1

10 (

1976

);se

e al

so K

yles

v. W

hitle

y, 5

14 U

.S. a

t 436

-437

:

“[T]

he C

onst

itutio

n is

not

vio

late

d ev

ery

time

the

gove

rnm

ent f

ails

or c

hoos

es n

ot to

dis

clos

ure

evid

ence

that

mig

ht p

rove

hel

pful

to th

e de

fens

e.”

It is

not

ewor

thy

that

Bag

ley

was

itse

lf a

case

that

rev

erse

d a

Nin

th C

ircui

t dec

isio

n th

at d

ispe

nsed

with

a s

how

ing

of (

prej

udic

e) m

ater

ialit

y

whe

re t

he g

over

nmen

t ha

d su

ppre

ssed

im

peac

hmen

t in

form

atio

n. Q

uotin

g G

iglio

v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es, 4

05 U

.S.1

50 (1

972)

,Bag

ley

said

, 473

U.S

. at 6

77, “

We

do n

ot, h

owev

er, a

utom

atic

ally

requ

ire a

new

tria

l w

hene

ver

‘a c

ombi

ng o

f th

e pr

osec

utor

s’ f

iles

afte

r th

e tri

al h

asdi

sclo

sed

evid

ence

pos

sibl

y us

eful

to th

e de

fens

e bu

t not

like

ly to

hav

e ch

ange

d th

e ve

rdic

t . .

.’ A

find

ing

ofm

ater

ialit

y of

the

evid

ence

is re

quire

d un

der B

rady

.”M

ovan

ts w

ould

go

even

furth

er th

an th

e

reje

cted

Nin

th C

ircui

t app

roac

h, a

nd m

ake

such

a ru

le o

f rel

ief f

or a

com

bing

, yea

rs la

ter,

of th

e

reco

rds

of t

he e

ntire

Uni

ted

Stat

es g

over

nmen

t, no

t ju

st t

he p

rose

cuto

r.Th

is i

s co

ntra

ry t

o

com

mon

sen

se, a

nd c

ontra

ry to

long

-est

ablis

hed

Supr

eme

Cou

rt ca

sela

w.M

ovan

ts’

clai

ms

that

the

pros

ecut

ion

viol

ated

its d

iscl

osur

e du

ties s

houl

d be

reje

cted

.

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

case

has

gen

erat

ed p

ropo

nent

s on

bot

h si

des,

and

“con

fiden

ce in

the

verd

ict”

is n

ot a

sses

sed

by

refe

rend

um a

mon

g pa

rtisa

ns, b

ut b

y ob

ject

ive

judi

cial

revi

ew, b

ased

on

the

cour

t rec

ord.

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38

G. C

laim

that

cou

nsel

wer

e re

nder

ed in

effe

ctiv

e

In th

eir q

uest

toar

ticul

ate

a du

e pr

oces

s vi

olat

ion,

Mov

ants

’ cou

nsel

(eac

h of

who

m a

lso

repr

esen

ted

thes

e re

spec

tive

Mov

ants

at

trial

) cl

aim

tha

t no

n-di

sclo

sure

to

them

of

the

BB

G

paym

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

caus

ed th

em to

be

inef

fect

ive

in r

epre

sent

ing

thei

r cl

ient

s, in

vio

latio

n of

the

Sixt

h A

men

dmen

t. Si

nce

ther

e w

as n

o du

ty f

or th

e pr

osec

utio

n to

mak

e di

sclo

sure

of

this

info

rmat

ion,

Mov

ants

’ cl

aim

in th

is r

egar

d co

uld

be d

enie

d si

mpl

y on

that

bas

is. N

onet

hele

ss,

and

with

out w

aivi

ng th

e po

int,

we

will

add

ress

the

clai

m fu

rther

.

Mov

ants

’ co

nten

tions

are

an i

napp

ropr

iate

ass

ertio

n of

the

ine

ffec

tive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-

coun

sel d

octri

neof

Str

ickl

and

v. W

ashi

ngto

n, 4

66 U

.S. 6

68 (1

984)

.Tha

t doc

trine

reco

gniz

es th

at

ever

y de

fend

ant i

s en

title

d to

be

repr

esen

ted

by c

ouns

el o

pera

ting

ator

abo

vea

cons

titut

iona

l

min

imum

of

com

pete

nce.

It is

a t

est

of a

ttorn

ey c

ompe

tenc

e, b

ased

on

eval

uatio

n of

“th

e

reas

onab

lene

ss o

f cou

nsel

’s c

halle

nged

con

duct

on

the

fact

s of

the

parti

cula

r cas

e, v

iew

ed a

s of

the

time

of c

ouns

el’s

con

duct

.”Id

.at6

90.O

nly

thos

e ha

beas

pet

ition

ers

who

can

sho

w th

at th

ey

have

bee

n de

nied

a fa

ir tri

al “

by th

e gr

oss

inco

mpe

tenc

e of

thei

r atto

rney

s” a

re e

ligib

le fo

r rel

ief.

See

Kim

mel

man

v. M

orri

son,

477

U.S

. 365

, 382

(19

86).

Her

e M

ovan

ts’

coun

sel c

laim

not

that

they

wer

e in

com

pete

nt, n

or th

at th

eir p

erfo

rman

ce w

as d

efic

ient

from

the

stan

dpoi

nt o

f wha

t the

y

knew

at t

he ti

me

of th

e tri

al, b

ut th

at th

ey w

ere

thw

arte

d fr

om re

pres

entin

g M

ovan

ts e

ffec

tivel

y

due

to n

ot b

eing

tol

dth

e B

BG

-pay

men

t in

form

atio

n.Th

is f

lout

s St

rickl

and’

s di

rect

ive

“to

reco

nstru

ct th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

of c

ouns

el’s

cha

lleng

ed c

ondu

ct, a

nd to

eva

luat

e th

e co

nduc

t fro

m

coun

sel’s

per

spec

tive

at th

e tim

e,”

Stri

ckla

nd v

. Was

hing

ton,

466

U.S

. at 6

89.

To b

e su

re, i

f the

pros

ecut

ion

impr

oper

ly f

ails

to

disc

lose

req

uire

d in

form

atio

n, t

here

may

be

reco

urse

for

a

defe

ndan

t; th

at is

wha

t Bra

dy v

. Mar

ylan

d, su

pra,

373

U.S

. 83,

and

its p

roge

ny a

re a

ll ab

out.

But

as t

he g

over

nmen

t al

read

y ha

s sh

own,

Mov

ants

can

not

mee

t th

e es

tabl

ishe

d te

sts

for

a Br

ady

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39

clai

m, a

nd th

ey m

ayno

t avo

id th

ose

test

s by

rep

acka

ging

thei

r cl

aim

as

Stri

ckla

nd in

effe

ctiv

e

assi

stan

ce o

f co

unse

l, w

hich

is m

eant

to a

sses

s at

torn

ey p

erfo

rman

ce b

ased

on

the

even

ts a

s of

the

time

of th

e at

torn

ey c

ondu

ct.

Inde

ed,

ther

e is

mut

ual

excl

usiv

ity b

etw

een

a Br

ady

clai

m a

nd a

cla

im o

f St

rick

land

inef

fect

ive

assi

stan

ce o

f co

unse

l, in

thi

s re

gard

. Th

en-J

udge

Alit

o ill

umin

ated

thi

s in

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. DeR

ewal

, 10

F.3d

100

, 104

(3d

Cir.

199

3), e

xpla

inin

g th

at c

laim

s of

new

ly-d

isco

vere

d

evid

ence

and

of

inef

fect

ive

assi

stan

ce o

f co

unse

l fo

r fa

iling

to

disc

over

tha

t ev

iden

ce a

re

“mut

ually

exc

lusi

ve,”

bec

ause

“ne

wly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

mus

t be

evid

ence

that

tria

l cou

nsel

coul

d no

t hav

e di

scov

ered

with

due

dili

genc

e be

fore

tria

l” (

emph

asis

add

ed).

See

also

Uni

ted

Stat

es. v

. Mir

anda

, 951

F.S

upp.

368

, 371

(E.D

.N.Y

. 199

6) (c

laim

that

atto

rney

faile

d to

cal

l co-

defe

ndan

ts

to

test

ify

inco

nsis

tent

w

ith

clai

m

that

co

-def

enda

nts’

st

atem

ents

ar

e ne

wly

disc

over

ed).

The

poin

t is

equa

lly a

pplic

able

in a

Bra

dy c

onte

xt a

s w

ell a

s in

a n

ewly

-dis

cove

red-

evid

ence

con

text

:32

32M

ovan

t C

ampa

’s §

2255

for

m m

otio

n, D

E/C

R 1

, re

fers

to

his

§225

5 cl

aim

as

“New

ly

disc

over

ed e

vide

nce,

” se

e D

E/C

R 1

:4 G

RO

UN

D O

NE

(b)(

2), a

lthou

gh h

e do

es n

ot a

rgue

it th

at

way

in

his

supp

ortin

gm

emor

andu

m, D

E/C

R 1

-2. M

ovan

ts’

clai

m a

s to

the

BB

G i

nfor

mat

ion

fails

to p

ass

mus

ter a

s a

Brad

y cl

aim

, and

, with

no

supp

ort f

rom

the

Brad

ydo

ctrin

e, e

ssen

tially

am

ount

s to

, an

d m

ay b

e co

nstru

ed a

s, a

mot

ion

for

new

tria

l ba

sed

on n

ewly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

.See

Man

kari

ous

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, 282

F.3

d 94

0(7

thC

ir. 2

002)

(cla

im, s

tyle

d as

§22

55

mot

ion,

ana

lyze

d as

, and

sub

ject

to ru

les

of, F

ed. R

. Crim

.P. R

ule

33 m

otio

n fo

r new

tria

l bas

ed

on n

ewly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

).

Mov

ants

’ cla

im th

at th

e go

vern

men

t had

a d

uty

to d

iscl

ose

the

BB

G p

aym

ent

As

such

, the

cla

im fa

ils. T

he c

laim

cou

ld n

ot m

eet t

he fi

ve-p

art t

est f

or n

ewly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

; see

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Sch

lei,

122

F.3d

944

, 991

(11t

h C

ir. 1

997)

. Fur

ther

, the

cla

im o

f ne

wly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

is

time-

barr

ed.

See

Fed.

R.C

rim.P

. 33

(b)(

1) (

mot

ion

for

new

tria

l ba

sed

on n

ewly

dis

cove

red

evid

ence

mus

t be

file

d w

ithin

thr

ee y

ears

of

verd

ict

or f

indi

ng o

f gu

ilt).

That

Mov

ants

’ §2

255

mot

ions

wer

e tim

ely

unde

r th

e A

ntite

rror

ism

and

Eff

ectiv

e D

eath

Pena

lty A

ct o

f 19

96 (

“AED

PA”)

, see

28

U.S

.C. §

2255

(f),

does

not

ext

end

the

time

limits

of

Fed.

R.C

rim.P

. 33

. Se

e M

anka

riou

sv.

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

282

F.3d

at

945.

(“[D

]efe

ndan

ts,

as w

e kn

ow, m

ay n

ot u

se §

2255

to c

ircum

vent

Rul

e 33

’s ti

me

limit.

”) S

ee a

lso

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Eva

ns,

224

F.3d

670

, 67

4 (7

th C

ir. 2

000)

;Fr

ias

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, 201

0 W

L 35

6486

6, *

6 (S

.D.N

.Y.

2010

) (n

ewly

-dis

cove

red

evid

ence

cla

im m

ade

in §

2255

mot

ion

subj

ect t

o R

ule

33’s

thre

e-ye

ar

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

376-

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Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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t 12/

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011

Pag

e 39

of 6

1

40

info

rmat

ion

nece

ssar

ily in

clud

es a

nd su

bsum

es a

cla

im th

at th

eyan

d th

eir c

ouns

elco

uld

not h

ave

disc

over

ed th

e in

form

atio

n th

emse

lves

with

due

dili

genc

e, s

ee W

est v

. Joh

nson

, 92

F.3d

138

5,

1399

(5th

Cir.

199

6);U

nite

d St

ates

v. M

cMah

on, 7

15 F

.2d

498,

501

(11th

Cir.

198

3)(n

o Br

ady

oblig

atio

n to

fur

nish

inf

orm

atio

n de

fend

ant

alre

ady

has

or c

an o

btai

n hi

mse

lf w

ith r

easo

nabl

e

dilig

ence

), in

whi

ch c

ase

they

wer

e no

t ine

ffec

tive

and

inco

mpe

tent

for f

ailin

g to

arg

ue b

ased

on

the

info

rmat

ion.

Mov

ants

cite

Gon

zazl

ez-S

ober

al v

. Uni

ted

Stat

es, 2

44 F

.3d

273

(1st

Cir.

200

1),

but t

here

the

appe

llant

s ha

d, b

ut re

linqu

ishe

d at

ora

l arg

umen

t, an

alte

rnat

ive

Brad

y cl

aim

, id.

at

274

n. 1

, elim

inat

ing

the

logi

cal d

isso

nanc

e th

at a

fflic

ts M

ovan

ts’ p

ositi

on.

Stat

ed a

noth

er w

ay,

Mov

ants

can

not

show

def

icie

nt p

erfo

rman

ce o

f co

unse

l –

one

of

Stri

ckla

nd’s

two

requ

ired

pron

gs –

base

d on

the

even

ts a

s of

the

time,

and

und

er th

e th

en-k

now

n

circ

umst

ance

s, of

thei

r con

duct

at t

rial.

Non

ethe

less

, an

d w

ithou

t w

aivi

ng a

ny p

roce

dura

l ob

ject

ion

toM

ovan

ts’

inef

fect

ive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-co

unse

l cla

ims,

we

will

brie

fly r

espo

nd to

thos

e cl

aim

s.M

ovan

ts c

laim

four

way

s

in w

hich

they

say

that

thei

r cou

nsel

wer

e re

nder

ed in

effe

ctiv

e: in

arg

uing

for c

hang

e of

ven

ue; i

n

not s

eeki

ng s

anct

ions

bas

ed o

n th

e B

BG

pay

men

t inf

orm

atio

n; in

not

mov

ing

to s

eque

ster

the

jury

; an

d in

not

arg

uing

due

-pro

cess

vio

latio

ns. S

ee D

E/LM

5:1

8-23

; D

E/R

C 1

-2:2

0-25

.Th

e

jury

-seq

uest

ratio

n is

sue

has

alre

ady

been

add

ress

ed, s

upra

. As

for n

ot h

avin

g th

e B

BG

-pay

men

t

argu

men

t to

add

to th

eir a

rgum

ents

for c

hang

e of

ven

ue, M

ovan

ts d

o no

t eve

n try

to, a

nd c

anno

t,

esta

blis

h St

rick

land

pre

judi

ce, a

s re

quire

d fo

r an

ine

ffec

tive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-co

unse

l cl

aim

. “Th

e

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

limit)

. Rul

e 33

(b)(

1) c

onst

itute

s a

nonj

uris

dict

iona

l rul

e fo

r pro

cess

ing

clai

ms,

who

se in

flexi

ble

bar a

nd th

ree-

year

dea

dlin

e ca

nnot

be

avoi

ded

if in

voke

d by

the

gove

rnm

ent,

as w

e do

her

e. S

ee

Eber

hart

v. U

nite

d St

ates

,546

U.S

. 12

(200

5) (p

er c

uria

m).

Whe

ther

cha

ract

eriz

ed a

s a

Rul

e 33

m

otio

n or

as a

§22

55 a

ctio

n, th

e cl

aim

by

Mov

ants

of n

ewly

disc

over

ed e

vide

nce

com

es to

o la

te.

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e 1:

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defe

ndan

t mus

t sho

w th

at th

ere

is a

reas

onab

le p

roba

bilit

y th

at, b

ut fo

r cou

nsel

’s u

npro

fess

iona

l

erro

rs,

the

resu

lt of

the

pro

ceed

ing

wou

ld h

ave

been

diff

eren

t. A

rea

sona

bly

prob

abili

ty i

s a

prob

abili

ty su

ffic

ient

to u

nder

min

e co

nfid

ence

in th

e ou

tcom

e.”

Stri

ckla

nd, 4

66 U

.S. a

t 694

. Thi

s

test

is e

ssen

tially

the

sam

e as

the

third

pro

ng o

f Br

ady,

the

mat

eria

lity

test

. See

id, 4

66 U

.S. a

t

694:

“[T

]he

appr

opria

te te

st fo

r [St

rick

land

] pre

judi

ce fi

nds

its ro

ots

in th

e te

st fo

r mat

eria

lity

of

excu

lpat

ory

info

rmat

ion

not

disc

lose

d to

the

def

ense

by

the

pros

ecut

ion

. .

. .”

As

disc

usse

d

exte

nsiv

ely

abov

e, th

e in

form

atio

n at

iss

ue h

ere

does

not

mee

t th

e Br

ady

mat

eria

lity

test

, and

ther

efor

e co

unse

l’s n

ot h

avin

g ar

gued

it

does

not

mee

t th

e St

rick

land

pre

judi

ce t

est

eith

er. I

n

addi

tion,

Mov

ants

can

not

show

tha

t it

is l

ikel

y, l

et a

lone

rea

sona

bly

prob

able

, th

at t

he c

ourt

wou

ld h

ave

mad

e a

diff

eren

t rul

ing

with

rega

rd to

Mov

ants

’cha

nge-

of-v

enue

mot

ion

by c

ouns

el

addi

ng a

rgum

ent a

bout

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

to th

e pl

entif

ul o

ther

arg

umen

ts th

ey m

ade,

incl

udin

g

clai

ms

of p

erva

sive

, dec

ades

-long

com

mun

ity p

reju

dice

; a w

ave

of p

reju

dici

al p

ublic

ity; a

nd th

e

com

mun

ity-a

ttitu

des s

urve

y of

Dr.

Mor

an.

As

for n

ot s

eeki

ng s

anct

ions

, Mov

ants

do

not s

how

that

they

had

a m

erito

rious

san

ctio

ns

clai

m, a

nd s

o th

ere

is n

o de

ficie

ncy

in th

eir n

ot h

avin

gar

gued

for s

anct

ions

. On

the

cont

rary

, as

disc

usse

d ex

tens

ivel

y su

pra,

ther

e is

no

basi

s to

con

clud

e th

at th

e pr

osec

utio

n vi

olat

ed a

ny d

uty

in th

is c

ase;

ther

e is

no

basi

s, ot

her

than

Mov

ants

’ un

supp

orte

d co

njec

ture

, to

belie

ve th

at th

e

BB

G p

aym

ents

to jo

urna

lists

for

Rad

io M

arti/

TV

Mar

ti w

ork

eith

er h

ad, o

r w

ere

desi

gned

to

have

, im

pact

on

the

jour

nalis

ts’

non-

Mar

ti, n

on-g

over

nmen

t w

ork;

and

the

re i

s no

bas

is t

o

conc

lude

that

the

cour

t’s o

rder

s or

Loc

al R

ules

wer

e vi

olat

ed, w

arra

ntin

g an

ysa

nctio

n. C

ouns

el

is n

ot in

effe

ctiv

e fo

r not

mak

ing

a fu

tile

argu

men

t. Fu

rther

, Str

ickl

and

prej

udic

e ca

nnot

be

show

n

for t

he sa

me

reas

ons t

hat B

rady

mat

eria

lity

cann

ot b

e sh

own.

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e 1:

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v-23

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e 41

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1

42

As

for

not

argu

ing

due-

proc

ess

viol

atio

ns,

Mov

ants

fai

l to

arti

cula

te,

as o

ppos

ed t

o

anno

unce

, how

due

proc

ess

was

vio

late

d, le

t alo

ne th

at th

ey w

ould

hav

e ha

d an

arg

umen

t in

that

rega

rd r

easo

nabl

y pr

obab

le to

hav

e ca

used

a d

iffer

ent r

esul

t in

the

proc

eedi

ng. T

hey

insi

nuat

e

that

the

BB

G’s

pay

men

ts t

o jo

urna

lists

vio

late

dth

e Sm

ith-M

undt

Act

, bu

t th

ey f

urni

sh n

o

auth

ority

for

that

con

tent

ion

nor

expl

ain

how

any

suc

h st

atut

ory

viol

atio

n w

ould

am

ount

to

a

due-

proc

ess

viol

atio

n. T

hey

refe

renc

e th

e Fi

fth a

nd S

ixth

Am

endm

ents

, and

the

Equa

l Pro

tect

ion

Cla

use,

see

DE/

LM 5

:22-

23;

DE/

RC

1-2

:24-

25, b

ut d

o no

t fle

sh o

ut a

ny a

rgum

ents

bas

ed o

n

thes

e pr

ovis

ions

with

cas

e la

w o

r ana

logo

us fa

ct p

atte

rns.

If th

e Si

xth

Am

endm

ent c

laim

is th

eir

inef

fect

ive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-co

unse

l cl

aim

, tha

t fa

ils a

s di

scus

sed

here

in.

If th

e Fi

fth A

men

dmen

t

clai

m li

es in

thei

r allu

sion

to c

onvi

ctio

ns se

cure

d “t

hrou

gh a

del

iber

ate

dece

ptio

n of

the

cour

t and

jury

,” s

ee D

E/LM

5:2

2; D

E/R

C 1

-2:2

4, t

hey

fail

to e

stab

lish

any

dece

ptio

n. F

urth

er,

this

argu

men

t is

mad

e in

the

con

text

of,

and

citin

g to

, Br

ady

v. M

aryl

and

but

as p

revi

ousl

y

disc

usse

d,th

ere

was

no

Brad

y vi

olat

ion

here

. The

Equ

al P

rote

ctio

n ar

gum

ent a

lso

is n

ot m

ade.

If

Mov

ants

’ po

int

is t

hat

they

are

dis

crim

inat

ed a

gain

st a

s em

ploy

ees

and

supp

orte

rs o

f th

e

Gov

ernm

ent o

f Cub

a, th

eir a

rgum

ent a

mou

nts

to a

qua

rrel

with

the

Rad

io B

road

cast

ing

to C

uba

Act

,C

ongr

ess,

and

Uni

ted

Stat

es f

orei

gn p

olic

y,ra

ther

tha

n a

due-

proc

ess

clai

m.

Rat

her,

Mov

ants

com

e cl

oser

to

the

real

ity o

f th

eir

posi

tion

whe

n th

ey d

escr

ibe

thei

r cl

aim

as

“unp

rece

dent

ed,”

DE/

RC

1-2

:2, a

nd n

ote

that

cou

rts h

ave

neve

r be

fore

add

ress

ed s

uch

a cl

aim

,

DE/

LM 5

:4, D

E/R

C 1

-2:2

. Thi

s is b

ut a

vei

led

adm

issi

onth

at M

ovan

tsha

ve n

o au

thor

ity o

r leg

al

prec

eden

t fo

r th

eir

due-

proc

ess

clai

m.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, no

t be

ing

able

to

ar

gue

such

an

unpr

eced

ente

d an

d m

eritl

ess

clai

m a

t tri

al w

as n

ot i

neff

ectiv

e as

sist

ance

of

coun

sel.

Nor

can

Mov

ants

show

Str

ickl

and

prej

udic

e, a

s set

forth

at t

he B

rady

mat

eria

lity

disc

ussi

on su

pra.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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on

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e 42

of 6

1

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43

Mov

ant C

ampa

add

s to

thes

e fo

ur in

effe

ctiv

e-as

sist

ance

-of-

coun

sel c

laim

s a

fifth

that

is

also

mer

itles

s. H

e in

serts

a o

ne-s

ente

nce

clai

m, a

t DE/

RC

1-2

:24,

that

bec

ause

he

did

not k

now

of th

e B

BG

-pay

men

t inf

orm

atio

n he

did

not

und

erst

and

the

stra

tegi

c si

gnifi

canc

eof

pre

serv

ing

and

rais

ing

on a

ppea

l eve

ry in

stan

ce o

f w

hat h

e ch

arac

teriz

es a

s in

flam

mat

ory

and

prej

udic

ial

evid

ence

and

arg

umen

t, re

ferr

ing

to h

is A

ppen

dix

B, a

ttach

ed a

s D

E/R

C 1

-4.S

ee a

lso

DE/

RC

1-

2:15

, ref

eren

cing

App

endi

x B

. Thi

s A

ppen

dix

is a

14-

page

cha

rt lis

ting

mor

e th

an 1

00 in

stan

ces

of p

urpo

rted

pros

ecut

oria

l mis

cond

uct i

n ta

bula

r for

m. M

ovan

t Cam

pa o

ffer

s no

arg

umen

t as

to

any

of t

hese

cla

imed

ins

tanc

es o

f pr

osec

utor

ial

mis

cond

uct,

and

his

pres

enta

tion

of s

uch

perf

unct

ory

and

unde

rdev

elop

ed a

rgum

ent i

s in

suff

icie

nt to

mee

t the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he R

ules

Gov

erni

ng S

ectio

n 22

55 P

roce

edin

gs F

or t

he U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rts.

See

Rul

e 2(

b)(1

)

[“Th

e m

otio

n m

ust .

. . s

peci

fyal

l the

gro

unds

for r

elie

f ava

ilabl

e to

the

mov

ing

party

”],2

(b)(

2)

[mot

ion

mus

t “st

ate

the

fact

ssup

porti

ng e

ach

grou

nd”]

(em

phas

is a

dded

).

In

any

even

t, no

twith

stan

ding

an

d w

ithou

t w

aivi

ng

obje

ctio

n to

th

e pr

oced

ural

inad

equa

cy o

f su

chpr

esen

tatio

n, w

e no

te t

hat

Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

sug

gest

ion

that

cou

nsel

was

inef

fect

ive

for

faili

ng t

o ra

ise

thes

e cl

aim

s on

app

eal

is p

lain

ly w

rong

. M

ovan

t C

ampa

’s

appe

llate

cou

nsel

, Ric

hard

Klu

gh, s

ough

t to

rai

se e

ach

of t

hese

cla

ims

on a

ppea

l, an

d in

deed

App

endi

x B

is

a co

py o

f a

char

t of

mis

cond

uct

clai

ms

Mr.

Klu

gh s

ubm

itted

to

the

Elev

enth

Circ

uit C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls in

Cam

pa 3

, and

als

o ap

pend

ed to

the

§225

5 m

otio

n of

co-

defe

ndan

t

Her

nand

ez, w

hom

he

now

rep

rese

nts.

See

char

t, w

ith M

r. K

lugh

’s c

over

lette

r, as

sub

mitt

ed to

Cou

rt of

App

eals

, atta

ched

her

eto

as g

over

nmen

t’s A

ttach

men

t E.A

s fo

r th

e cl

aim

that

cou

nsel

was

ine

ffec

tive

for

not

obje

ctin

g to

cer

tain

of

thes

e pr

osec

utor

ial

acts

, Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

cha

rt

DE/

RC

1-4

incl

udes

bot

h ob

ject

ed-to

and

uno

bjec

ted-

to a

cts,

but h

e m

akes

no

effo

rt to

cul

l out

obje

cted

-to a

cts

or t

o sp

ecify

exa

ctly

whi

ch m

isco

nduc

t cl

aim

s he

is

seek

ing

to r

aise

in

the

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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on

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e 43

of 6

1

44

inef

fect

iven

ess

cont

ext.

Furth

er, s

ince

his

inef

fect

iven

ess-

of-c

ouns

el c

laim

is b

ased

on

coun

sel’s

supp

osed

ly b

eing

dep

rived

of

the

BB

G-p

aym

ent

info

rmat

ion,

Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

failu

re t

o

artic

ulat

e in

divi

dual

cla

ims o

r exp

lana

tions

, or t

o lin

k th

em to

the

BB

G in

form

atio

n, is

fata

l.

With

out s

uch

spec

ifica

tion,

Mov

ant C

ampa

fails

to s

how

pre

judi

ce, a

s he

has

no

basi

s to

show

tha

t th

e in

stan

ces

wer

e in

fac

t m

isco

nduc

t; th

at o

bjec

tion

wou

ld h

ave

been

mer

itorio

us;

wha

t pos

sibl

e re

latio

n th

e B

BG

-pay

men

t inf

orm

atio

n ha

d to

his

non

-obj

ectio

n; o

r th

at h

is n

on-

obje

ctio

ns w

ere

outs

ide

the

wid

e ra

nge

of r

easo

nabl

e pr

ofes

sion

al a

ssis

tanc

e. I

ndee

d, d

ecid

ing

not t

o ob

ject

can

be

a ta

ctic

al d

ecis

ion,

inas

muc

h as

obj

ectin

g ca

n se

rve

to h

ighl

ight

neg

ativ

e

mat

eria

l. Se

e Br

adfo

rd v

. Tim

mer

man

-Coo

per,

2008

WL

3992

142,

*3

(N.D

. Ohi

o 20

08).

As

note

d, M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

app

ella

te c

ouns

el s

ough

t to

rais

e al

l the

se c

laim

s to

the

cour

t

of a

ppea

ls.

Inde

ed,

clai

ms

of p

rose

cuto

rial-m

isco

nduc

t w

ere

amon

g th

e m

ost

exte

nsiv

ely

litig

ated

in

the

appe

als,

33

33Se

e, e

.g.,

2003

WL

2524

5478

at S

tate

men

t of I

ssue

s, IV

, *17

, *52

-*60

; 20

03 W

L 25

2454

80 a

t *3

6-*3

7; 2

003

WL

2524

5477

at *

44-*

54; 2

003

WL

2524

5469

at *

23-*

27; 2

003

WL

2524

5468

at

*23

-*25

; 200

3 W

L 25

2454

66 a

t *24

-*28

; 200

5 W

L 46

3801

2 at

Sec

tion

IV(2

), pa

ge 2

8 ff

. (no

st

ar p

agin

atio

n); 2

003

WL

2524

5471

at *

34-*

35, *

56, *

66-*

69; 2

006

WL

2252

120

at *

20-*

24,

2006

WL

2252

113

at *

19-*

29; 2

006

WL

4877

273,

ent

ire b

rief;

Atta

chm

ent C

at 3

4-35

, 47-

48,

65-6

6, 7

4-76

.

and

Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

atte

mpt

to

repa

ckag

e th

em a

s an

ine

ffec

tive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-co

unse

l §22

55 m

otio

n tra

nsgr

esse

s th

e m

anda

te r

ule.

See

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Pei

rce,

supr

a, 2

011

WL

4001

071

at *

2-*4

(in

effe

ctiv

e-as

sist

ance

-of-

coun

sel §

2255

cla

ims

may

trum

p

the

“cau

se”

proc

edur

al d

efau

lt is

sue-

prec

lusi

on b

ar, b

ut n

ot t

he m

anda

te-r

ule

issu

e-pr

eclu

sion

bar;

“sim

ply

repa

ckag

ing

thes

e [a

ppel

late

-cou

rt] r

ejec

ted

lines

of

reas

onin

gas

ine

ffec

tive

assi

stan

ce c

laim

s ca

nnot

circ

umve

nt t

he m

anda

te r

ule

or e

ntitl

e [p

etiti

oner

] to

hab

eas

relie

f”).

App

ella

te c

laim

s of

pro

secu

toria

l m

isco

nduc

t, no

t ob

ject

ed t

o be

low

, are

rev

iew

ed f

or

plai

n er

ror.

Uni

ted

Stat

esv.

Ver

bits

kaya

, 406

F.3

d 13

24, 1

336

(11t

h C

ir. 2

005)

;see

als

o U

nite

d

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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e 44

of 6

1

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45

Stat

es v

. N

aran

jo,

supr

a,63

4 F.

3d a

t 12

06-1

207.

Whe

n a

clai

m o

f in

effe

ctiv

e as

sist

ance

of

coun

sel i

s ba

sed

on a

failu

re to

obj

ect t

o an

err

or, “

that

und

erly

ing

erro

r mus

t at l

east

sat

isfy

the

stan

dard

for p

reju

dice

that

we

empl

oy o

n ou

r rev

iew

for p

lain

err

or. .

. . I

t wou

ld b

e no

nsen

sica

l

if a

petit

ione

r, on

col

late

ral

revi

ew, c

ould

sub

ject

his

cha

lleng

e to

an

unob

ject

ed-to

err

or t

o a

less

er b

urde

n by

arti

cula

ting

it as

a c

laim

of i

neff

ectiv

e as

sist

ance

.” G

ordo

n v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es, 5

18

F.3d

129

1, 1

298

(11t

h C

ir. 2

008)

. Thu

s,M

ovan

tCam

pa’s

gov

ernm

ent-m

isco

nduc

t cla

ims

wou

ld

have

to ri

se to

the

leve

l of p

lain

err

or to

mer

it co

nsid

erat

ion,

yet

he

fails

to a

rgue

the

spec

ifics

of

thes

e cl

aim

s, le

t al

one

show

pla

in e

rror

. In

add

ition

to

appe

llate

pla

in-e

rror

rev

iew

, al

l th

is

cond

uct a

lso

was

obs

erve

d by

the

trial

cou

rt. T

here

is n

o pr

ospe

ct th

at th

is c

ourt,

whi

ch w

as s

o

care

ful

to c

ondu

ct a

fai

r an

d le

gally

pro

per

trial

, w

ould

hav

e sa

t by

sile

ntly

as h

undr

eds

of

unob

ject

ed-to

inst

ance

s of

pro

secu

toria

l m

isco

nduc

t, am

ount

ing

to p

lain

err

or, a

ccum

ulat

ed a

s

Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

ch

art

clai

ms.

Mov

ant

Cam

pa’s

ef

fort

to

impo

rt m

ultip

le

gove

rnm

ent-

mis

cond

uct c

laim

s int

o hi

s §22

55 m

otio

n fa

ils.

H. C

laim

that

ane

ws a

rtic

le r

each

ed th

e ve

nire

Mov

ants

als

o cl

aim

tha

t th

ey n

ow d

isce

rn f

rom

a D

ecem

ber

3, 2

000,

new

s ar

ticle

tha

t

veni

repe

rson

s may

hav

e be

en re

adin

g m

edia

acc

ount

s, co

ntra

ry to

inst

ruct

ions

. See

DE/

LM 5

:24-

27,

DE/

RC

1-2

:25-

29.

This

arg

umen

t is

bas

ed o

n no

thin

g bu

t sp

ecul

atio

n; i

s re

fute

d by

the

reco

rd; a

nd c

omes

mor

e th

an a

dec

ade

too

late

.The

arti

cle,

whi

ch M

ovan

ts d

o no

t app

end,

34

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Pag

e 45

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1

46

publ

ishe

d by

El N

uevo

Her

ald

and

was

writ

ten

by R

ui F

erre

ira. R

epor

ter

Ferr

eira

is n

ot o

ne o

f

the

jour

nalis

ts M

ovan

ts c

laim

rece

ived

BB

G p

aym

ents

, and

this

arti

cle

has

no fa

ctua

l rel

atio

n to

thei

r co

mpl

aint

abo

ut t

he B

BG

pay

men

ts.

The

Sund

ay,

Dec

embe

r 3,

200

0, e

ight

-par

agra

ph

artic

le re

ports

on

the

jury

-sel

ectio

n pr

oces

s th

at h

ad b

een

proc

eedi

ng in

ope

n co

urt.

The

seve

nth

para

grap

h co

ntai

ns a

sta

tem

ent t

hat a

s of

Frid

ay D

ecem

ber 1

the

jury

so

far w

as m

ainl

y “a

nglo

and

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

an, i

n pa

rt be

caus

e al

mos

t all

the

sum

mon

ed p

erso

ns o

f C

uban

orig

in h

ave

said

that

they

cou

ld n

ot b

e im

parti

al. T

he a

rticl

e co

nclu

des

with

a f

inal

par

agra

ph s

tatin

g th

at

ther

e ar

e ex

cept

ions

, and

quo

tes

a yo

ung

veni

repe

rson

of C

uban

orig

in s

ayin

g th

at s

he w

ould

not

be in

fluen

ced.

Mov

ants

poi

nt to

the

seve

nth-

para

grap

h st

atem

ent,

and

seek

to li

nk it

to w

hat t

hey

desc

ribe

as

a re

mar

kabl

e ch

ange

in

th

e re

spon

ses

of

Cub

an-A

mer

ican

35

This

wild

spe

cula

tion

has

no s

uppo

rt in

the

rec

ord,

and

is

cont

radi

cted

by

it. F

irst,

Mov

ants

’ ac

coun

t of

the

voi

r di

re i

s fa

ctua

lly g

arbl

ed.

They

cla

im t

hat

prio

r to

the

Fer

reira

artic

le, 2

1ve

nire

pers

ons

wer

e st

ricke

n fo

r cau

se b

ased

on

polit

ical

vie

ws,

but t

heir

foot

note

onl

y

cite

s th

ree

veni

repe

rson

s, se

e D

E/LM

5:2

5 n.

11;

DE/

RC

1-2

:27

n.12

, m

akin

g th

eir

clai

m

mea

ning

less

and

impo

ssib

le to

ass

ess.

The

num

eric

al b

ase

they

focu

son

as b

eing

sus

pect

–“f

ive

juro

rs,

all

Cub

an,”

DE/

LM 5

:25-

26,

26 n

.15;

DE/

RC

1-2

:28,

28

n.15

–is

too

sm

all

to b

e

veni

repe

rson

s

subs

eque

nt t

o th

e ar

ticle

’s p

ublic

atio

n, r

esul

ting

in C

uban

-Am

eric

an v

enire

pers

ons

bein

g

dism

isse

d fo

r ca

use

at a

low

er r

ate

than

pre

viou

sly.

From

thi

s, M

ovan

ts d

ivin

e th

at C

uban

-

Am

eric

an v

enire

pers

ons

mus

t hav

e re

ad th

e Fe

rrei

ra a

rticl

e an

d de

cide

d to

sha

de th

eir r

espo

nses

so th

at th

ey c

ould

get

on

the

jury

and

est

ablis

h a

Cub

an-A

mer

ican

pre

senc

e th

ere.

35M

ovan

ts re

fer t

o “C

uban

” ju

rors

. Of c

ours

e, a

ll ve

nire

pers

ons

of C

uban

orig

in o

r bac

kgro

und

wer

e C

uban

Am

eric

ans.

See

28 U

.S.C

. §1

865

(Uni

ted

Stat

es c

itize

nshi

p as

pre

requ

isite

for

fe

dera

l jur

y se

rvic

e). F

urth

er, t

he in

divi

dual

s di

scus

sed

by M

ovan

ts w

ere

not “

juro

rs”;

they

are

al

l ven

irepe

rson

s w

ho w

ere

not s

elec

ted

to s

erve

on

the

jury

. As

the

cour

t is

awar

e, n

o C

uban

-A

mer

ican

s ser

ved

on th

e ju

ry. S

ee C

ampa

2, 4

59 F

.3d

at 1

135-

1136

.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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e 46

of 6

1

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47

stat

istic

ally

sou

nd f

or t

he k

ind

of e

xtra

pola

tion

they

pro

ject

. Fu

rther

mor

e, o

ne o

f th

ese

five

supp

osed

ly C

uban

-Am

eric

an v

enire

pers

ons

was

not

Cub

an-A

mer

ican

. Se

e D

E/cr

147

4:11

17-

1128

, 117

5-11

77(v

enire

pers

on d

iscu

sses

hav

ing

clos

e C

uban

Am

eric

an f

riend

s, bu

t not

bei

ng

Cub

an, h

avin

g ev

er li

ved

ther

e or

hav

ing

fam

ily o

r clo

se fr

iend

s liv

ing

ther

e). S

ee a

lso

2003

WL

2524

5480

at

*21,

co-d

efen

dant

Gue

rrer

o’s

appe

llate

brie

f de

scrib

ing

this

ven

irepe

rson

as

“His

pani

c, b

ut n

on-C

uban

.”Th

e br

ief

furth

er d

iscu

ssed

and

cite

dth

is v

enire

pers

on a

s on

e w

ho

expr

esse

d fe

ar o

f be

ing

on th

e ju

ry, s

ee id

. at 1

9-22

, com

plet

ely

inco

nsis

tent

lyw

ith M

ovan

ts’

conj

ectu

re th

at s

he w

as tr

ying

to g

et o

n th

e ju

ry.36

Fina

lly,

and

mos

t im

porta

nt,

Mov

ants

igno

re t

hat

thes

e ve

nire

pers

ons

wer

e no

t, as

Mov

ants

now

cla

im, t

ryin

g to

get

on

the

jury

but

rath

er w

ere,

in th

eir o

wn

prev

ious

wor

ds, “

clos

e

calls

”fo

r cau

se-s

trike

s du

e to

thei

r mix

ed p

rese

ntat

ion.

See

DE/

cr 1

474:

1181

(Mov

ant’s

cou

nsel

:

“I w

ill a

dmit

it’s

a cl

ose

call”

); 12

48-1

249

(Mov

ant’s

cou

nsel

: “I d

o th

ink

this

mor

ning

we

have

talk

ed to

twel

ve p

eopl

e, m

any

of th

em h

ave

been

clo

se c

alls

. The

y ha

ve a

ll go

ne a

gain

st u

s, th

at

is, t

he C

ourt

has

deni

ed o

ur m

otio

ns to

stri

ke th

em fo

r cau

se, a

nd th

e C

ourt

will

agr

ee th

ey w

ere

clos

e ca

lls. .

. . W

e do

hav

e a

num

ber o

f clo

se c

alls

”). D

efen

se c

ouns

el th

en u

sed

this

“cl

ose

call”

argu

men

t to

seek

, and

rec

eive

,add

ition

al p

erem

ptor

y vo

ir di

re c

halle

nges

, and

the

cour

t agr

eed

that

“th

ere

are

a nu

mbe

r of

ver

y cl

ose

deci

sion

s m

ade

by th

e co

urt t

his

mor

ning

as

to o

rigin

al

stat

emen

ts .

. . th

at su

bseq

uent

ly w

ere

reha

bilit

ated

by

subs

eque

nt a

nsw

ers .

. . .

The

re w

ere

som

e

very

clo

se d

ecis

ions

mad

e by

the

Cou

rt th

is m

orni

ng a

nd o

n th

e ba

sis

of th

at I

do

find

that

the

(Mov

ants

ado

pted

Gue

rrer

o’s

brie

f, se

e no

te

22su

pra.

)Thi

s red

uces

thei

r sta

tistic

al b

ase

to a

n ev

en m

ore

unre

liabl

y sm

all n

umbe

r.

36Th

is v

enire

pers

on a

lso

had

a cr

itica

lly i

ll pa

rent

out

of

tow

n, a

nd e

xpre

ssed

con

cern

abo

ut

visi

ting

the

pare

nt i

f sh

e w

ere

a ju

ror,

see

DE/

cr 1

474:

1125

, –

agai

n, t

otal

ly a

t od

ds w

ith

Mov

ants

’ dep

ictio

n of

ven

irepe

rson

s as a

nglin

g to

serv

e on

the

jury

.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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on

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e 47

of 6

1

48

defe

ndan

ts in

tota

lity

shou

ld b

e en

title

d to

an

addi

tiona

l thr

ee c

halle

nges

.” S

ee D

E/cr

147

4:13

82-

1384

.37

The

reco

rd r

efut

esM

ovan

ts’

spec

ulat

ion

that

thes

e fiv

e (w

hich

sho

uld

be f

our)

Cub

an-

Am

eric

an v

enire

pers

ons

cam

e to

cou

rt w

ith a

mis

sion

to g

et o

n th

e ju

ry, f

uele

d by

the

Ferr

eira

artic

le. T

he v

oir

dire

rec

ord

of e

ach

refle

cts

the

vary

ing

and

nuan

ced

circ

umst

ance

s th

at m

ade

thei

r cau

se c

halle

nges

“cl

ose

calls

,” n

ot a

driv

e to

be

sele

cted

for t

he ju

ry.N

or is

ther

e an

ythi

ng

in th

e re

cord

to s

ugge

st th

at a

ny o

f the

se v

enire

pers

ons

igno

red

or v

iola

ted

the

cour

t’s re

peat

ed

inst

ruct

ions

not

to

read

med

ia a

ccou

nts

abou

t th

e ca

se.

A j

ury

(and

, w

e su

bmit,

a v

enire

) is

pres

umed

to h

ave

follo

wed

the

cour

t’sin

stru

ctio

ns, U

nite

d St

ates

v. M

ock,

523

F.3

d 12

99, 1

303

(11t

h C

ir.20

08),

and

Mov

ants

’ ba

sele

ss s

pecu

latio

n ab

out t

he F

erre

ira a

rticl

e do

es n

ot in

any

way

rebu

t tha

t pre

sum

ptio

n, o

r war

rant

furth

er in

quiry

.

Fina

lly, M

ovan

ts’ c

laim

rela

ting

to th

e Fe

rrei

raar

ticle

com

es fa

r, fa

r too

late

in th

e da

y.

The

artic

le w

as p

ublis

hed

Sund

ay,

Dec

embe

r 3,

200

0, a

nd t

he t

ime

to b

ring

it to

the

cou

rt’s

atte

ntio

n, if

the

defe

nse

was

con

cern

ed a

bout

it, w

as w

hen

cour

t rec

onve

ned

the

next

day

, and

coul

d ha

ve a

ddre

ssed

the

conc

ern.

The

re is

no

“cau

se”

for M

ovan

ts to

wai

t unt

il 20

11 to

men

tion

it. N

or is

ther

e an

y ba

sis

for M

ovan

ts to

cla

im th

at it

is o

nly

the

BB

G-p

aym

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

that

allo

wed

the

m t

o ap

prec

iate

the

sig

nific

ance

of

the

pros

pect

of

veni

re e

xpos

ure

to n

ewsp

aper

stor

ies.

On

the

cont

rary

, all

defe

nse

coun

sel,

and

the

cour

t, w

ere

acut

ely

attu

ned

to th

is is

sue

at

the

time

of th

e tri

al. C

ouns

el’s

sile

nce

abou

t the

arti

cle

at th

e tim

e sh

owed

that

they

wer

e no

t

conc

erne

d ab

out

it an

d in

fac

t re

cogn

ized

tha

t th

e ve

nire

pers

ons

on w

hom

the

y no

w s

eek

to

37M

ovan

ts a

ckno

wle

dged

, and

arg

ued

base

d on

, the

“cl

ose

call”

them

e on

app

eal.

See

2003

WL

2524

5469

at

*4;

2005

WL

4638

011

at *

14;

*27

(not

ing

veni

repe

rson

s’“o

wn

stat

emen

ts o

f he

sita

ncy

as t

ofa

irnes

s is

sues

,” a

t od

ds w

ith M

ovan

ts’

curr

ent

clai

m t

hat

thes

e ve

nire

pers

ons

engi

neer

ed re

spon

ses

so a

s to

be

sele

cted

for t

he ju

ry);

2006

WL

2252

113

at *

15-*

16. T

hese

are

ap

pella

te b

riefs

of M

ovan

t Cam

pa.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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49

refo

cus

wer

e, a

s th

ey e

stab

lishe

d th

en, “

clos

e ca

lls”

for

caus

e-ch

alle

nges

, and

a p

redi

cate

to b

e

allo

wed

mor

e pe

rem

ptor

y ch

alle

nges

.N

one

of t

hese

ven

irepe

rson

s w

as s

eate

d, a

nd M

ovan

ts

wer

e le

ft w

ith e

xces

s pe

rem

ptor

y st

rikes

tha

t w

ere

neve

r ex

erci

sed

even

afte

r st

rikin

g th

ese

veni

repe

rson

s.

For

all

the

fore

goin

g re

ason

s, M

ovan

ts’

clai

m c

once

rnin

g th

e B

BG

pay

men

ts t

o

jour

nalis

ts s

houl

d be

den

ied.

Fur

ther

mor

e, t

he g

over

nmen

t re

spec

tfully

sub

mits

tha

t th

e co

urt

may

, and

sho

uld,

den

y th

e cl

aim

with

out e

vide

ntia

ry h

earin

g. F

or o

ne th

ing,

eve

n if

Mov

ants

clai

ms w

ere

true,

Mov

ants

cann

ot sh

ow p

reju

dice

. The

Cou

rt of

App

eals

has

foun

d th

at th

eir t

rial

was

fai

r, in

clud

ing

as t

o th

e is

sues

the

y re

-targ

et h

ere.

Cam

pa 2

est

ablis

hes

that

per

vasi

ve,

disa

blin

g pr

ejud

ice

of th

e so

uth

Flor

ida

veni

re c

ould

not

be

pres

umed

and

that

if th

ere

wer

e an

y

pres

umpt

ive

prej

udic

e th

e pr

esum

ptio

n w

as r

ebut

ted

by t

he c

ourt’

s m

odel

voi

r-di

re a

nd t

rial

man

agem

ent;

that

the

jur

y th

at t

ried

Mov

ants

was

not

act

ually

bia

sed;

and

tha

t th

e ju

ry w

as

prop

erly

insu

late

d fr

om o

utsi

de m

edia

and

influ

ence

.Add

ition

ally

, Mov

ants

’ Br

ady

clai

m f

ails

on s

ever

al b

ases

, inc

ludi

ng th

e m

ater

ialit

y pr

ong,

whi

ch is

ano

ther

way

of

conn

otin

g pr

ejud

ice.

Whe

re p

reju

dice

has

not

bee

n sh

own,

and

can

not b

e sh

own,

ther

e is

no

reas

on fo

r an

evid

entia

ry

hear

ing

on a

ny o

ther

issu

es. S

ee B

oulo

ute

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, 645

F.S

upp.

2d

125,

133

(E.D

.N.Y

.

2009

)(co

urt f

inds

that

kno

wle

dge

of im

peac

hmen

t inf

orm

atio

n ca

nnot

be

impu

ted

to p

rose

cuto

rs,

and

also

that

info

rmat

ion

is n

ot m

ater

ial;

requ

est f

or h

earin

g to

exp

lore

impu

ted-

know

ledg

e is

sue

deni

ed;

“suc

h an

inq

uiry

is

unne

cess

ary

beca

use

. .

. th

e al

lege

dly

with

held

inf

orm

atio

n is

insu

ffic

ient

ly m

ater

ial t

o sa

tisfy

the

prej

udic

e re

quire

men

t”);

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Bra

dley

, 200

9 W

L

1064

470

at *

3 (S

.D. G

A. 2

009)

(in

form

atio

n de

fens

e so

ught

to

impu

te t

o pr

osec

utor

was

not

mat

eria

l an

d co

uld

not

be s

aid

to u

nder

min

e co

nfid

ence

in

the

outc

ome

of t

he t

rial;

“[a]

s no

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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e 49

of 6

1

50

evid

entia

ry h

earin

g ca

n cu

re t

his

defe

ct i

n th

e de

fend

ant’s

Bra

dycl

aim

, th

e C

ourt

deni

es t

he

requ

est f

or su

ch a

hea

ring”

).

Cla

ims

base

d on

mer

e su

ppos

ition

or

conj

ectu

re d

o no

t war

rant

an

evid

entia

ry h

earin

g.

Con

clus

ory

and

spec

ulat

ive

clai

ms

shou

ld n

ot b

e af

ford

ed a

n ev

iden

tiary

hea

ring.

See

Lyn

n v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es, s

upra

, 365

F.3

d at

123

9(a

ffirm

ing

dist

rict c

ourt’

s den

ial o

f §22

55 p

etiti

on w

ithou

t

evid

entia

ry

hear

ing,

an

d co

llect

ing

case

s st

atin

g th

at

mer

ely

conc

luso

ry

alle

gatio

ns

and

unsu

ppor

ted

gene

raliz

atio

ns d

o no

t war

rant

evi

dent

iary

hea

ring)

.Thu

s, w

hen

Mov

ants

see

k to

mov

e fr

om th

e fa

ct o

f B

BG

pay

men

ts to

jour

nalis

ts f

or R

adio

and

TV

Mar

ti ap

pear

ance

s, to

a

clai

med

impa

ct o

n so

uth

Flor

ida

from

the

jour

nalis

ts’ n

on-R

adio

and

TV

Mar

ti pu

blic

atio

ns, t

hey

are

mer

ely

supp

osin

g an

d co

njec

turin

g, w

ith n

o ev

iden

tiary

bas

is a

nd n

o rig

ht to

fish

for o

ne in

an e

vide

ntia

ry h

earin

g.38

Sim

ilarly

, the

y st

ate

no b

asis

for

link

ing

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

to th

e pr

osec

utio

n te

am in

this

cas

e. S

ee U

nite

d St

ates

v. E

dwar

ds,4

42 F

.3d

258,

267

nn.

7,9

(5th

Cir.

200

6). T

here

, §22

55

petit

ione

rscl

aim

edth

at “

pros

ecut

ors

wer

e ap

pare

ntly

aw

are

of a

llege

d Br

ady

mat

eria

l,”

(em

phas

is in

orig

inal

)and

end

eavo

red

to s

uppo

rt th

eir c

laim

by

asse

rting

that

“‘th

e go

vern

men

t

has

not d

enie

d’ k

now

ledg

e of

this

evi

denc

e.”

The

cour

t fou

nd th

at th

is a

rgum

ent o

f su

ppor

t by

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

non

-den

ial i

gnor

ed th

at th

e §2

255

petit

ione

rs, “

as th

e pa

rties

alle

ging

a B

rady

viol

atio

n, h

ave

the

burd

en o

f est

ablis

hing

all

thre

e pr

ongs

of t

he B

rady

test

.”Ev

iden

tiary

hea

ring

was

den

ied

beca

use

the

appe

llant

s “h

ave

faile

d to

pro

vide

‘in

depe

nden

t in

dici

a’ o

f th

e lik

ely

38Th

is is

esp

ecia

lly s

o w

here

the

mat

eria

ls th

ey re

fere

nce,

suc

h as

the

unde

rlyin

g co

ntra

cts

and

purc

hase

ord

ers,

refu

te th

eir

conj

ectu

re, s

how

ing

paym

ent e

xclu

sive

ly f

or R

adio

and

TV

Mar

ti w

ork.

Cas

e 1:

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51

mer

its o

f th

eir

alle

gatio

ns a

nd in

stea

d re

ly o

n sp

ecul

atio

n,”

whi

ch is

insu

ffic

ient

to w

arra

nt a

n

evid

entia

ry h

earin

g.39

Mov

ants

sta

te th

at a

t an

evid

entia

ry h

earin

g, th

ey w

ould

pre

sent

add

ition

al n

ews

artic

les,

and

that

the

ones

refe

renc

ed in

thei

r brie

f are

onl

y “r

epre

sent

ativ

e,”

or a

“sa

mpl

ing.

” Se

e D

E/LM

5:14

-15,

DE/

RC

1-2

:12-

13. B

ut m

edia

arti

cles

and

pub

licat

ions

nee

d no

evi

dent

iary

hea

ring

for

subm

issi

on t

o th

e co

urt,

and

ther

e is

no

excu

se f

or d

elay

ed p

rese

ntat

ion.

The

se n

ews

artic

les

wer

e w

ritte

n m

ore

than

10

year

s ag

o, a

nd c

ould

hav

e be

en p

rese

nted

at

the

time

of M

ovan

ts’

orig

inal

cha

nge-

of-v

enue

arg

umen

ts,

whi

ch w

ere

rais

ed a

s ea

rly a

s Ja

nuar

y, 2

000.

See

DE/

cr

329:

13. E

ven

if M

ovan

ts c

laim

tha

t th

ey w

ere

not

aler

ted

to t

he s

igni

fican

ce o

f fin

ding

mor

e

artic

les

until

they

kne

w a

bout

the

BB

G p

aym

ents

, tha

t occ

urre

d no

late

r th

an S

epte

mbe

r, 20

06,

whe

n th

e M

iam

i Her

ald

publ

ishe

d its

sto

ry, s

ee A

ttach

men

t A, a

ppro

xim

atel

y fiv

e ye

ars

befo

re

the

filin

g of

Mov

ants

’§22

55 m

otio

ns.

Mov

ants

als

o st

ate

that

at a

n ev

iden

tiary

hea

ring

they

cou

ld s

uppo

rt in

dica

tions

that

new

s

repo

rts b

y “f

unde

d” re

porte

rs im

pact

ed th

e ju

ry-s

elec

tion

proc

ess,

but t

hey

artic

ulat

e no

bas

isfo

r

this

bal

d al

lega

tion.

DE/

RC

1-2

:4;

see

also

DE/

LM 5

:5.W

hile

a §

2255

pet

ition

er “

need

onl

y

39In

a s

imila

r mis

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

thei

r bur

den,

Mov

ant C

ampa

arg

ues

that

the

gove

rnm

ent h

as

not d

ispu

ted

or e

xpla

ined

(pr

esum

ably

aga

in r

efer

ring

to g

over

nmen

t res

pons

e to

co-

defe

ndan

t H

erna

ndez

’s §

2255

mot

ion)

the

diff

icul

ties

enco

unte

red

in o

btai

ning

the

BB

G i

nfor

mat

ion

thro

ugh

Free

dom

of

Info

rmat

ion

Act

(“F

OIA

”) l

itiga

tion.

Mov

ant

Cam

pa a

rgue

s th

at a

n ev

iden

tiary

hea

ring

“wou

ld s

hed

furth

er li

ght o

n th

e tru

th.”

See

DE/

RC

1-2

:11-

12. H

e st

ates

no

basi

s fo

r thi

s co

urt’s

revi

ew o

f his

§22

55 m

otio

n to

bec

ome

an a

ncill

ary

foru

m fo

r FO

IA c

laim

s al

read

y lit

igat

ed e

lsew

here

. Se

e N

atio

nal

Com

mitt

ee t

o Fr

ee t

he C

uban

Fiv

e v.

Bro

adca

stin

g Bo

ard

of G

over

nors

, C

ase

No.

09-

cv-0

1713

-RM

C (

D.D

.C.

2009

), D

ocke

t En

try 2

4, 2

5 (M

emor

andu

m O

pini

on a

nd O

rder

of U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Jud

ge R

osem

ary

M. C

olly

er g

rant

ing

defe

ndan

t’s m

otio

n fo

r sum

mar

y ju

dgm

ent,

base

d on

pla

intif

f’s

failu

re to

exh

aust

adm

inis

trativ

e re

med

ies,

but w

ithou

t pre

judi

ce s

o as

to a

llow

nar

row

ing

of r

eque

st).

Mov

ants

wer

e ev

entu

ally

ab

le to

obt

ain

the

BB

G a

nd O

CB

con

tract

and

pur

chas

e-or

der

reco

rds

thei

r su

ppor

ters

soug

ht,

but

to n

o av

ail;

as d

iscu

ssed

sup

ra, a

nd a

s re

flect

ed in

Atta

chm

ent

B, t

he r

ecor

ds u

nder

min

e,

rath

er th

an su

ppor

t, M

ovan

ts’ c

laim

s.

Cas

e 1:

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e 51

of 6

1

52

alle

ge–

not p

rove

” el

igib

le c

laim

s, w

hat m

ust b

e al

lege

d m

ust g

o be

yond

bar

e co

nclu

sion

, to

stat

e “r

easo

nabl

y sp

ecifi

c, n

on-c

oncl

usor

y fa

cts

that

, if t

rue,

wou

ld e

ntitl

e hi

m to

relie

f”Ar

on v

.

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

291

F.3d

708

,71

5 n.

6 (1

1thC

ir. 2

002)

(em

phas

is i

n or

igin

al).

The

only

new

s

artic

le M

ovan

tsre

fere

nce

in re

gard

to ju

ry-s

elec

tion

was

writ

ten

by re

porte

r Rui

Fer

reira

, who

m

they

do

not

clai

m w

as a

gov

ernm

ent-“

fund

ed”

repo

rter.

Thei

r th

eory

abo

ut F

erre

ira’s

arti

cle

impa

ctin

g th

e ve

nire

is s

heer

spe

cula

tion

and

cont

radi

cted

by

the

reco

rd, i

nclu

ding

the

cour

t’s

inst

ruct

ions

to th

e ve

nire

; the

ir ow

n “c

lose

-cal

l” a

rgum

ent:

and

thei

r app

ella

te b

riefs

.

An

evid

entia

ry h

earin

g is

not

cal

led

for

by t

his

unsu

ppor

ted

theo

ry,

nor

by M

ovan

ts’

spec

ulat

ive

theo

ry o

f re

porte

r “c

o-op

tatio

n.”

See

Edw

ards

, sup

ra, 4

42 F

.3d

at 2

68 n

.10

(§22

55

petit

ione

r ur

ged

the

cour

t “t

o gr

ant

an e

vide

ntia

ry h

earin

g to

exp

lore

the

ir th

eory

fur

ther

,

[how

ever

] w

e de

clin

e to

do

so. D

ue t

o th

e sp

ecul

ativ

e an

d co

nclu

sory

nat

ure

of [

petit

ione

rs’]

alle

gatio

ns .

. . .

, suc

h a

hear

ing

wou

ld se

rve

as n

othi

ng m

ore

than

a fi

shin

g ex

pedi

tion.

”)Th

is is

espe

cial

ly s

o be

caus

e ev

en i

f M

ovan

ts’

co-o

ptat

ion

theo

ry w

ere

corr

ect,

they

wou

ld n

ot b

e

entit

led

to re

lief d

ue to

lack

of p

reju

dice

.

2.M

ovan

ts ha

d ef

fect

ive

repr

esen

tatio

n of

cou

nsel

with

reg

ard

to a

tw

o-le

vel

Gui

delin

es

adju

stmen

t for

obs

truct

ion

of ju

stice

, whi

ch w

as p

rope

rly im

pose

d.

Mov

ants

both

cla

im th

at th

eir s

ente

ncin

g gu

idel

ines

wer

e im

prop

erly

enh

ance

d tw

o le

vels

for o

bstru

ctio

n of

just

ice.

Ord

inar

ily, s

ente

ncin

g gu

idel

ine

erro

rs a

re n

ot c

ogni

zabl

e on

col

late

ral

revi

ew; h

owev

er, i

f cou

ched

as

inef

fect

ive-

assi

stan

ce-o

f-co

unse

l cla

ims,

they

may

be

revi

ewed

.

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Cru

tchf

ield

, 200

7 W

L 20

2200

1 at

*2

(S.D

. AL.

200

7), c

iting

Cof

ske

v. U

nite

d

Stat

es,

290

F.3d

437

, 44

1 (1

stC

ir. 2

002)

. H

ere,

eac

h M

ovan

t’s c

ouns

el,

who

als

o w

ere

trial

coun

sel,

asse

rt th

eir

own

inef

fect

iven

ess

in a

ddre

ssin

g th

is i

ssue

. H

owev

er,

the

two-

leve

l

guid

elin

e ad

just

men

t for

obs

truct

ion

of ju

stic

e w

as p

rope

rly im

pose

d, a

nd e

ach

coun

sel l

itiga

ted

Cas

e 1:

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the

issu

e pr

oper

ly a

nd e

ffec

tivel

y.Th

eir p

erfo

rman

ce w

as n

otde

ficie

nt, a

nd th

ere

is n

o pr

ejud

ice

beca

use

the

enha

ncem

ent w

as p

rope

r; ac

cord

ingl

y, th

eir c

laim

doe

s no

t mee

t the

Str

ickl

and

test

for i

neff

ectiv

e as

sist

ance

of c

ouns

el.I

n ad

ditio

n, a

s di

scus

sed

at th

e en

d of

this

sec

tion,

Mov

ant

Med

ina’

s cl

aim

was

wai

ved

by a

Sen

tenc

ing

Agr

eem

ent

he e

nter

ed i

nto,

agr

eein

g to

the

guid

elin

e ad

just

men

t and

agr

eein

g no

t to

mak

e a

colla

tera

l atta

ck o

n hi

s atto

rney

’s re

pres

enta

tion

at se

nten

cing

.

Bot

h M

ovan

ts a

ppea

red

in c

ourt

befo

re M

agis

trate

Jud

ge B

arry

Gar

ber

on M

onda

y,

Sept

embe

r 14

, 199

8, f

or in

itial

app

eara

nce,

alo

ng w

ith th

eir

eigh

t co-

defe

ndan

ts w

ho a

lso

had

been

arr

este

dth

at w

eeke

nd.

See

DE/

cr 4

4. M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r be

gan

the

hear

ing

by

advi

sing

the

defe

ndan

ts o

f the

ir rig

hts.

This

was

a v

ery

full

advi

ce o

f rig

hts,

and

incl

uded

adv

ice

of th

e rig

ht to

rem

ain

sile

nt, c

ontra

ry to

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

clai

m, D

E/LM

5:3

4, th

at s

uch

advi

ce

was

om

itted

.40

All

right

, at

this

tim

e th

e C

ourt

is g

oing

to

advi

seea

ch o

f yo

u of

rig

hts

that

are

gu

aran

tied

[sic

] to

you

by

the

cons

titut

ion

and

law

s of

thi

s co

untry

. If

afte

r I’v

e co

mpl

eted

giv

ing

you

this

adv

ice

of ri

ghts

, you

feel

that

you

don

’t un

ders

tand

wha

t I t

old

you,

rais

e yo

ur h

and

and

I’ll a

ttem

pt to

bet

ter e

xpla

in it

to y

ou.

See

DE/

cr 4

4:2-

4. M

agis

trate

Judg

e G

arbe

r adv

ised

, in

perti

nent

par

t:

Each

of y

ou h

ave

the

right

to re

fuse

to m

ake

any

stat

emen

ts w

hats

oeve

r abo

ut y

our

case

. In

the

eve

nt y

ou d

o m

ake

such

a s

tate

men

t, I

wan

t yo

u to

und

erst

and

that

st

atem

ent c

an, a

nd p

roba

bly

wou

ld b

e us

ed a

gain

st y

ou in

futu

re c

ourt

proc

eedi

ngs.

Each

of y

ou a

re e

ntitl

ed to

be

repr

esen

ted

by c

ouns

el .

. .

Do

each

of y

ou u

nder

stan

d th

e A

dvic

e of

Rig

hts t

he C

ourt

has j

ust g

iven

you

.Fo

r th

e re

cord

, se

eing

no

nega

tive

resp

onse

, th

e C

ourt

assu

mes

eac

h de

fend

ant

fully

und

erst

ands

his

or h

er ri

ghts

.

40M

ovan

t Cam

pa m

akes

a s

omew

hat m

ore

guar

ded

clai

m, t

hat M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r ga

ve

“no

advi

ce r

egar

ding

a r

ight

to

rem

ain

sile

nt i

f th

ey w

ere

calle

d up

by

the

nam

es u

sed

in t

he

char

ging

doc

umen

t,” D

E/R

C 1

-2:3

6. M

ovan

t Cam

pa p

rovi

des

no b

asis

to s

ugge

st th

at th

ere

is a

rig

ht to

be

advi

sed

of th

e rig

ht to

rem

ain

sile

nt in

par

ticul

ariz

ed c

ircum

stan

ces;

on

the

cont

rary

, ha

d M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r lim

ited

that

rig

ht t

o ce

rtain

circ

umst

ance

s, he

cou

ld h

ave

been

fa

ulte

d. T

he ri

ght t

o re

mai

n si

lent

that

Mag

istra

te J

udge

Gar

ber a

dvis

ed o

f was

unc

ondi

tiona

l.

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e 1:

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e 53

of 6

1

54

DE/

cr 4

4:2-

4.M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r th

en c

alle

d fo

rwar

d th

ree

of t

he d

efen

dant

s: t

he t

wo

Mov

ants

and

one

oth

er f

or w

hom

cou

nsel

mad

e a

tem

pora

ry a

ppea

ranc

e. T

he o

ther

two

–th

e

Mov

ants

–sa

id

they

w

ante

d to

ha

ve

coun

sel

appo

inte

d,

and

Mag

istra

te

Judg

e G

arbe

r

adm

inis

tere

d th

e oa

th to

them

. DE/

cr 4

4:5.

Mag

istra

te J

udge

Gar

ber

then

mad

e in

quiry

of

each

Mov

ant s

epar

atel

y, a

skin

g ea

ch, a

mon

g ot

her t

hing

s,hi

s nam

e. E

ach

resp

onde

d by

pro

vidi

ng a

nd

stat

ing

the

fals

e id

entit

y he

was

usi

ng: “

Rub

en C

ampa

,” D

E/cr

44:

6, a

nd “

Luis

Med

ina,

” D

E/cr

44:1

1.Th

e go

vern

men

t req

uest

ed p

re-tr

ial d

eten

tion

as to

eac

h of

the

defe

ndan

ts, a

nd s

ough

t a

cont

inua

nce

of t

he h

earin

g, D

E/cr

44:

8, w

hich

the

cou

rt gr

ante

d.M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

hear

ing

cont

inue

d on

Wed

nesd

ay, S

epte

mbe

r 16

, DE/

cr 6

1, a

nd M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

hea

ring

cont

inue

d on

Frid

ay, S

epte

mbe

r 18,

DE/

cr 8

8. A

t the

se c

ontin

ued

hear

ings

, Mov

ants

did

not

spea

k.

Follo

win

g M

ovan

ts’

conv

ictio

ns, t

he c

ourt’

s Pr

obat

ion

Off

ice

prep

ared

a d

etai

led

Pre-

Sent

ence

Rep

ort (

“PSR

”) a

s to

eac

h. T

he P

SRs

for M

ovan

t Med

ina

and

for M

ovan

t Cam

pa e

ach

reco

mm

ende

d an

adj

ustm

ent f

or o

bstru

ctio

n of

just

ice,

with

a b

ack-

up d

iscu

ssio

n. T

he b

ack-

up

disc

ussi

on, w

hich

is

verb

atim

ide

ntic

al f

or e

ach,

app

ears

in

Mov

ant

Med

ina’

s or

igin

al P

SR a

t

¶67

and

in h

is P

SR re

vise

d as

of 1

/3/0

2 at

¶57

; and

in M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

orig

inal

and

firs

t rev

ised

PSR

at ¶

67 a

nd in

his

PSR

revi

sed

as o

f 12/

21/0

1 at

¶57

. In

all i

nsta

nces

the

text

is th

e sa

me,

and

refe

renc

es s

peci

fical

ly e

ach

of t

hese

Mov

ants

(an

d co

-def

enda

nt G

erar

do H

erna

ndez

) ha

ving

fals

ely

stat

ed u

nder

oat

h, a

t the

Sep

tem

ber 1

4, 1

998,

initi

al-a

ppea

ranc

e he

arin

g be

fore

Mag

istra

te

Judg

e G

arbe

r, th

eir

fals

e id

entit

ies

as,

resp

ectiv

ely,

Lu

is

Med

ina,

R

uben

C

ampa

(a

nd

Her

nand

ez’s

fals

e na

me)

. Th

e PS

Rs

para

grap

h di

d no

t dis

cuss

or r

efer

ence

the

Sept

embe

r 16

or

Sept

embe

r 18

hear

ings

.

Mov

ant

Med

ina

obje

cted

to

the

Prob

atio

n O

ffic

e’s

reco

mm

enda

tion

of a

tw

o-le

vel

incr

ease

for

obs

truct

ion

of ju

stic

e. S

ee D

E/cr

137

9:18

-21,

sta

ting

seve

ral g

roun

ds, i

nclu

ding

an

Cas

e 1:

11-c

v-23

376-

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Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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e 54

of 6

1

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55

argu

men

t suc

h as

he

mak

es in

his

§22

55 m

otio

n: “

At m

agis

trate

cou

rt, h

e si

mpl

y re

spon

ded

to

the

sum

mon

s in

that

nam

e,”

DE/

cr 1

379:

21. T

he U

nite

d St

ates

’ re

spon

se to

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

obje

ctio

n, D

E/cr

141

5:18

-22,

and

its r

espo

nse

to o

bjec

tion

to t

he s

ame

adju

stm

ent

by c

o-

defe

ndan

t H

erna

ndez

, D

E/cr

140

9:10

-14,

ref

eren

ced

the

Sept

embe

r 14

, 19

98,

hear

ing,

aga

in

mak

ing

it cl

ear

that

the

basi

s fo

r th

e ob

stru

ctio

n of

just

ice

enha

ncem

ent

was

for

aff

irmat

ivel

y

fals

e sw

orn

test

imon

y as

to id

entit

y on

that

day

, not

for

sta

ndin

g m

ute.

DE/

cr 1

415:

19; D

E/cr

1409

:10.

Mov

ant C

ampa

did

not

obj

ect t

o th

e ad

just

men

t. D

E/cr

144

8:4-

5.Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

resp

onse

als

o ci

ted

case

law

cle

arly

sup

porti

ng th

e pr

oprie

ty o

f th

e ad

just

men

t: U

nite

d St

ates

v.

Ruff,

79

F.3d

123

, 126

(11th

Cir.

199

6) (o

bstru

ctio

n ad

just

men

t war

rant

ed u

pon

defe

ndan

t’s ly

ing

to m

agis

trate

judg

e co

ncer

ning

fin

anci

al s

ituat

ion)

; Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Hitt

, 164

F.3

d 13

70,

1371

(11th

Cir.

199

9) (s

ame)

; Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Maf

anya

, 24

F.3d

412

, 415

(2d

Cir.

199

4) (o

bstru

ctio

n

enha

ncem

ent

appr

opria

te w

here

def

enda

nt f

alse

ly i

dent

ified

him

self

to m

agis

trate

jud

ge e

ven

thou

gh g

over

nmen

t pos

sess

ed tr

ue id

entit

y).

At s

ente

ncin

g, th

e co

urt a

ddre

ssed

the

obje

ctio

ns to

the

obst

ruct

ion-

of-ju

stic

e ad

just

men

t,

and

over

rule

d th

em.

In d

oing

so,

the

cou

rt m

ade

it ex

plic

it th

at t

he o

bstru

ctio

n en

hanc

emen

t

appl

ied

base

d on

the

fal

se s

wor

n te

stim

ony

on S

epte

mbe

r 14

, 19

98,

not

base

d on

“st

andi

ng

mut

e” o

n so

me

othe

r occ

asio

n.Se

e, a

s to

Mov

ant M

edin

a, D

E/cr

145

1:9-

11;41

41Th

e co

urt s

aid:

as to

co-

defe

ndan

t

At f

irst a

ppea

ranc

e in

the

pros

ecut

ion

of th

is c

ase,

Mr.

Laba

nino

who

at t

hat t

ime

was

not

kno

wn

by w

hat h

e as

serte

d at

the

time

--I b

elie

ve it

was

the

first

day

of t

rial,

asse

rted

at th

e fir

st d

ay o

f tri

al th

roug

h co

unse

l his

true

nam

e R

amon

Lab

anin

o; w

as in

form

ed b

y M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r on

Sep

tem

ber

14, 1

998

of h

is r

ight

to r

efus

e to

mak

e an

yst

atem

ent w

hats

oeve

r re

gard

ing

his

case

and

the

fact

s th

at if

he

did

mak

e a

stat

emen

t, th

at th

e st

atem

ent c

an a

nd p

roba

bly

wou

ld b

e us

ed a

gain

st h

im i

n fu

rther

cou

rt pr

ocee

ding

s.Ju

dge

Gar

ber

then

wen

t on

to

advi

se t

his

defe

ndan

t and

the

othe

r def

enda

nts

who

wer

e pr

esen

t tha

t day

of t

he a

vaila

bilit

y of

cou

nsel

to b

e ap

poin

ted

and

the

fact

the

re w

ill b

e a

prob

able

cau

se h

earin

g be

fore

the

Cou

rt to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

or n

ot th

ey w

ould

be

deta

ined

or n

ot d

etai

ned

pend

ing

trial

.[f

ootn

ote

cont

inue

d]

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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e 55

of 6

1

56

Her

nand

ez, D

E/cr

144

9:10

-12.

Thus

, the

rec

ord

coul

d no

t be

mor

e cl

ear:

The

obst

ruct

ion

of

just

ice

enha

ncem

ent w

as im

pose

d ba

sed

on s

tate

men

ts m

ade

by M

ovan

ts, a

nd b

y H

erna

ndez

, at

the

Sept

embe

r 14,

199

8, in

itial

app

eara

nce

hear

ing,

not

bas

ed o

n M

ovan

ts s

tand

ing

mut

e at

any

late

r hea

ring.

On

appe

al,

Mov

ant

Med

ina

rais

ed a

s an

iss

ue t

he t

wo-

leve

l ob

stru

ctio

n-of

-just

ice

enha

ncem

ent.

See

2003

WL

2524

5479

at *

41-*

44;

2003

WL

2524

5470

at *

19-*

20;2

006

WL

[foo

tnot

e co

ntin

ued]

The

defe

ndan

t was

then

pla

ced

unde

r oat

h an

d Ju

dge

Gar

ber s

tate

d at

pag

e 11

, lin

e 5

[of D

E/cr

44

]. "S

tate

you

r ful

l nam

e."

To

whi

ch th

e de

fend

ant s

tate

d at

line

7, "

Luis

Med

ina.

"

Judg

e G

arbe

r the

n w

ent o

n to

que

stio

n hi

m h

ow o

ld h

e w

as, w

hat w

as h

is h

ome

addr

ess,

whe

ther

he

was

mar

ried

or s

ingl

e.

All

of t

he i

nfor

mat

ion

that

a M

agis

trate

Jud

ge c

olle

cts

thro

ugh

test

imon

y fr

om a

def

enda

nt to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

or n

ot th

e de

fend

ant i

s a ri

sk o

f flig

ht o

r dan

ger

to

the

com

mun

ity a

nd w

heth

er o

r no

t a d

efen

dant

sho

uld

be d

etai

ned

pend

ing

trial

on

thos

e ba

ses.

Mr.

Laba

nino

did

not

hav

e to

ans

wer

any

que

stio

ns a

s th

ey w

ere

aske

d of

him

by

Judg

e G

arbe

r.

Und

er o

ath

he g

ave

a fa

lse

nam

e. N

ote

6 of

the

appl

icat

ion

note

s un

der 3

(c)(

1).1

teac

hes

us th

at

mat

eria

l evi

denc

e m

eans

evi

denc

e, fa

cts,

stat

emen

ts o

r inf

orm

atio

n th

at if

bel

ieve

d w

ould

tend

to

influ

ence

or a

ffec

t the

issu

e un

der d

eter

min

atio

n.

Trut

hful

ren

ditio

n of

a n

ame

or th

e un

truth

ful r

endi

tion

of a

nam

e is

a m

ater

ial f

act w

hen

the

Mag

istra

te J

udge

is

dete

rmin

ing

and

mak

ing

bond

det

erm

inat

ions

. T

he n

ame

give

n by

thi

s de

fend

ant,

if be

lieve

d, w

ould

tend

to in

fluen

ce o

r aff

ect t

he is

sue

unde

r det

erm

inat

ion.

It i

s on

e of

the

fact

ors t

hat t

he M

agis

trate

Judg

e m

ust c

onsi

der.

Ther

efor

e, I

find

purs

uant

to th

e au

thor

ity o

f 3(c

)(1)

.1an

d th

e U

nite

d St

ates

ver

sus R

uff 7

9 F.

3rd

123,

a 1

996

deci

sion

by

the

Elev

enth

Circ

uit,

as w

ell a

s th

e ca

ses

cite

d in

Ruf

f, U

nite

d St

ates

ve

rsus

Maf

anya

, M A

F A

N Y

A, 2

4 F.

3rd

412,

a 1

994

deci

sion

by

the

Seco

nd C

ircui

t an

d U

nite

d St

ates

ver

sus

McD

onne

ll 96

4 F.

2nd

390,

a 1

992

deci

sion

by

the

Fifth

Circ

uit;

that

Mr.

Laba

nino

spe

cific

ally

pro

vide

d a

fals

e st

atem

ent

to M

agis

trate

Jud

ge G

arbe

r at

the

firs

t ap

pear

ance

rega

rdin

g hi

s of

fens

e of

con

vict

ion;

that

this

was

a fa

lse

stat

emen

t mad

e un

der o

ath

and

that

the

del

iber

ate

mis

repr

esen

tatio

n of

the

tru

th w

as m

ater

ial

in t

he

det

erm

inat

ion

that

Ju

dge

Gar

ber n

eede

d to

mak

e as

to b

ond,

as

to a

ppoi

ntm

ents

of c

ouns

el, a

s to

all

the

mat

ters

that

th

e M

agis

trate

Judg

e m

ust c

onsi

der a

t tha

t firs

t app

eara

nce.

Ther

efor

e, th

e tw

o le

vel i

ncre

ase

in p

arag

raph

77

for o

bstru

ctio

n of

just

ice

unde

r 3(c

)(1)

.1 is

wel

l ta

ken

and

the

obje

ctio

n is

den

ied.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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e 56

of 6

1

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57

4877

272,

Issu

e IV

(no

star

pag

ing

avai

labl

e).

Alth

ough

Mov

ant C

ampa

had

not

obj

ecte

d to

the

enha

ncem

ent b

elow

, he

adop

ted

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

argu

men

ts a

s to

the

enha

ncem

ent,

rais

ing

the

obst

ruct

ion-

of-ju

stic

e en

hanc

emen

t in

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s a

ppea

l as

wel

l.Se

e 20

03 W

L 25

2454

78

at *

XV

I; 20

06 W

L 48

7727

1 at

“ST

ATE

MEN

T R

EGA

RD

ING

AD

OPT

ION

OF

BR

IEFS

OF

OTH

ER A

PPEL

LATN

S” (

no s

tar

pagi

ng a

vaila

ble)

.M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

appe

llate

arg

umen

ts

stat

ed,

corr

ectly

, th

at t

he o

bstru

ctio

n en

hanc

emen

t ha

d be

en a

pplie

d ba

sed

on a

ffirm

ativ

e

test

imon

y, se

e 20

03 W

L 25

2454

79 a

t *53

(“H

e w

as c

alle

d by

the

nam

e Lu

is M

edin

a to

the

bar o

f

cour

t and

sw

ore

that

it w

as h

is n

ame”

),at

the

initi

al-a

ppea

ranc

e he

arin

g, 2

003

WL

2524

5470

at

*19

(“up

on

his

initi

al

appe

aran

ce”)

; 20

06

WL

4877

272,

Is

sue

IV(“

U.S

.S.G

. §

3C1.

1

Enha

ncem

ent

for

Obs

truct

ion

of J

ustic

e B

ased

on

Prov

isio

n of

Nam

e to

Mag

istra

te J

udge

at

Initi

al A

ppea

ranc

e”).42

Cam

pa 3

aff

irmed

the

sent

enci

ng c

ourt’

s ap

plic

atio

n of

the

two-

leve

l upw

ard

adju

stm

ent

for

obst

ruct

ion

of j

ustic

e. S

ee 5

29 F

.3d

at 1

015-

1015

.43

42M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

coun

sel

also

ack

now

ledg

ed,

corr

ectly

, at

sen

tenc

ing

that

the

obs

truct

ion

enha

ncem

ent

refe

rred

to

Mov

ant

stat

ing

his

nam

e as

Lui

s M

edin

a be

fore

Mag

istra

te J

udge

G

arbe

r at h

is in

itial

app

eara

nce.

DE/

cr 1

451:

2.

Cam

pa 3

use

d th

e te

rm “

pret

rial

dete

ntio

n he

arin

g” in

des

crib

ing

the

proc

eedi

ng, a

nd M

ovan

ts s

eize

on

that

as

the

basi

s fo

r the

ir

argu

men

t, cl

aim

ing

that

thi

s m

eans

the

y w

ere

wro

ngly

ass

esse

d a

two-

leve

l ob

stru

ctio

n

enha

ncem

ent f

or st

andi

ng m

ute

at th

eir l

ater

pre

-tria

l det

entio

n he

arin

gs. B

ut C

ampa

3’s

wor

ding

does

not

cha

nge

the

reco

rd i

n th

is c

ase,

and

the

pre

trial

dete

ntio

n pr

oces

s st

arte

d at

the

Sept

embe

r 14

hear

ing,

at w

hich

the

gove

rnm

ent s

ough

t pre

trial

det

entio

n as

to a

ll de

fend

ants

.In

any

even

t, C

ampa

3 c

lear

ly u

nder

stoo

d, a

rticu

late

d an

d af

firm

ed o

n th

e ba

sis

that

the

obst

ruct

ion

43C

ampa

3al

so a

ffor

ded

Mov

ant C

ampa

app

ella

te re

view

on

this

issu

e, b

ased

on

his a

dopt

ion

of

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

argu

men

ts, s

ee C

ampa

3, 5

29 F

.3d

at 1

014;

how

ever

, as

Cam

pa 3

note

d, th

e cl

aim

faile

don

its m

erits

, alo

ng w

ith M

ovan

t Med

ina’

s, id

..

Cas

e 1:

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umen

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e 57

of 6

1

58

of ju

stic

e en

hanc

emen

t app

lied

to M

ovan

ts’

affir

mat

ive

fals

e st

atem

ents

, not

to s

tand

ing

mut

e.

See

Cam

pa 3

at 1

015-

1016

:

The

adj

ustm

ent w

as b

ased

on

a fin

ding

that

Med

ina

gave

a fa

lse

nam

e to

the

mag

istr

ate

judg

eat

his

pre

trial

det

entio

n he

arin

g. M

edin

a, w

hose

rea

l nam

e is

R

amon

Lab

anin

o, c

once

des

that

he

“sto

od b

y hi

s le

gend

and

sta

ted

that

he

was

L

uis M

edin

a,”

but a

rgue

s tha

t . .

.

Med

ina'

s fal

se st

atem

entc

lear

ly o

ccur

red

with

in th

e sc

ope

of a

pplic

atio

n no

te 1

.

Prov

idin

g a

fals

e na

me

to a

mag

istr

ate

at a

det

entio

n he

arin

g qu

alifi

es a

s ob

stru

ctiv

e co

nduc

t. A

pplic

atio

n no

te

4(f)

lis

ts

“pro

vidi

ng

mat

eria

lly

fals

e in

form

atio

n to

a j

udge

or

mag

istra

te”

as a

n ex

ampl

e of

the

kin

d of

con

duct

to

whi

ch s

ectio

n 3C

1.1

appl

ies.

. . .

. S

ee U

nite

d St

ates

v. T

ran,

285

F.3

d 93

4, 9

40

(10t

h C

ir.20

02)

(“It

is p

lain

that

[th

e de

fend

ant's

] m

isid

entif

icat

ion

of h

imse

lfw

as a

n at

tem

pt to

obs

truct

or

impe

de th

e ad

min

istra

tion

of ju

stic

e, a

nd th

at th

is

atte

mpt

mig

ht w

ell

have

bor

ne f

ruit

at h

is d

eten

tion

hear

ing

if th

e co

urt

had

deci

ded

to re

leas

e hi

m b

ased

on

his a

ppar

ent l

ack

of a

crim

inal

his

tory

.”).

. .

(bol

dfac

e em

phas

es a

dded

).

On

this

rec

ord,

it

is c

lear

tha

t th

e ob

stru

ctio

n of

jus

tice

enha

ncem

ent

was

pro

perly

appl

ied,

that

bot

h M

ovan

ts s

ough

t and

got

app

ella

te re

view

of t

he g

uide

line

adju

stm

ent,

and

that

Cam

pa 3

cor

rect

ly d

eter

min

ed th

at th

e ad

just

men

t was

app

lied

for a

ffirm

ativ

ely

fals

e st

atem

ents

each

Mov

ant m

ade.

The

re w

as n

o er

ror,

and

they

wer

e no

t pen

aliz

ed fo

r sta

ndin

g m

ute,

as

they

argu

e; t

he a

djus

tmen

t pr

oper

ly a

pplie

d, a

s C

ampa

3st

ated

, fo

r pr

ovid

ing

a fa

lse

nam

e to

a

mag

istra

te.A

ccor

ding

ly, t

here

is n

o St

rick

land

pre

judi

ce.

Nor

wer

e co

unse

l’s p

erfo

rman

ces

defic

ient

in

any

way

. M

ovan

t M

edin

a’s

coun

sel

obje

cted

to th

e en

hanc

emen

t and

arg

ued

it vi

goro

usly

on

appe

al. M

ovan

t Cam

pa’s

cou

nsel

did

not

obje

ct a

t th

e di

stric

t co

urt

leve

l, bu

t th

at w

as a

dec

isio

n w

ell

with

in t

he “

wid

e ra

nge

of

reas

onab

le p

rofe

ssio

nal a

ssis

tanc

e”ac

cept

able

und

er th

e St

rick

land

v. W

ashi

ngto

nst

anda

rd, s

ee

466

U.S

. at 6

90. T

he o

bjec

tion

was

not

wel

l tak

en, a

s th

e di

stric

t cou

rt an

d C

ampa

3fo

und,

so

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s c

ouns

el w

as n

ot d

efic

ient

for

not

obj

ectin

g. F

urth

er, c

ompe

tent

cou

nsel

may

,

Cas

e 1:

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umen

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and

freq

uent

ly d

o, c

hoos

e am

ong

poss

ible

obj

ectio

ns to

rais

e so

as

to h

usba

nd th

e fo

rce

of th

eir

argu

men

t for

mor

e m

erito

rious

cla

ims.

In a

ny e

vent

, Mov

ant C

ampa

was

not

pre

judi

ced

by th

e

non-

obje

ctio

n, s

ince

the

Cou

rt of

App

eals

acc

epte

d hi

s co

unse

l’s e

ffor

t to

rai

se t

he i

ssue

on

appe

al a

nyw

ay, a

nd b

ecau

se th

e cl

aim

wou

ld fa

il ev

en if

obj

ectio

n ha

d be

en ra

ised

, as

it w

as b

y

Mov

ant

Med

ina.

Nor

did

eith

er M

ovan

t su

ffer

Str

ickl

and

prej

udic

e; t

he o

bstru

ctio

n of

jus

tice

adju

stm

ent w

as p

rope

rly a

pplie

d.

Mov

ant

Med

ina’

s ob

stru

ctio

n-en

hanc

emen

t cl

aim

als

o sh

ould

be

deni

ed b

ecau

se h

e

wai

ved

it in

a c

aref

ully

and

nar

row

ly d

raw

n Se

nten

cing

Agr

eem

ent

at h

is r

esen

tenc

ing.

See

DE/

cr17

68-1

. In

tha

t ag

reem

ent,

he a

gree

d th

at t

he t

wo-

leve

l ad

just

men

t fo

r ob

stru

ctio

n of

just

ice

was

cor

rect

; tha

t his

cor

rect

tota

l off

ense

adv

isor

y gu

idel

ine

leve

l was

42,

res

ultin

g in

a

guid

elin

e im

pris

onm

ent

rang

e of

360

mon

ths

to l

ife i

mpr

ison

men

t, D

E/cr

176

8-1:

4-5,

¶7;

and

that

he

wou

ld n

ot s

eek

any

guid

elin

e de

partu

res

or s

ente

nce

varia

nce,

DE/

cr 1

768-

1:5,

¶9.

In

exch

ange

, the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

gree

d to

join

Mov

ant M

edin

a in

rec

omm

endi

ng a

sen

tenc

e at

the

low

end

of t

he g

uide

line

rang

e, 3

60 m

onth

s, D

E/cr

176

8-1:

5, ¶

8. M

ovan

t Med

ina

also

agr

eed

not

to a

ppea

l a s

ente

nce

of 3

60 m

onth

s, an

d no

t “to

atta

ck c

olla

tera

lly h

is s

ente

nce

base

d on

a c

laim

of in

effe

ctiv

e as

sist

ance

of

coun

sel

at s

ente

ncin

g.”

DE/

cr 1

768-

1:5,

¶11

. At M

ovan

t Med

ina’

s

rese

nten

cing

, the

cou

rt en

gage

d hi

m in

a th

orou

gh a

nd c

aref

ul c

ollo

quy

as to

his

und

erst

andi

ng

of th

is a

gree

men

t, se

e D

E/cr

179

3:8-

22,i

nclu

ding

spe

cific

ally

the

wai

vers

of r

ight

to a

ppea

l and

to a

ttack

col

late

rally

his

atto

rney

’sef

fect

iven

ess a

t sen

tenc

ing.

See

DE/

cr 1

793:

19-2

1.

Mov

ant M

edin

a sh

ould

not

be

able

to re

nege

on

this

agr

eem

ent a

nd to

col

late

rally

atta

ck

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

his

cou

nsel

at

sent

enci

ng.

Mov

ant

Med

ina

rece

ived

a v

ery

subs

tant

ial

cons

ider

atio

n fr

om t

he U

nite

d St

ates

in

this

agr

eem

ent:

reco

mm

enda

tion

of a

sen

tenc

e of

360

mon

ths,

at th

e lo

w e

nd o

f his

sen

tenc

ing

guid

elin

e, w

hich

the

cour

t acc

epte

d, a

s op

pose

d to

life

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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on

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e 59

of 6

1

60

in p

rison

, whi

ch a

lso

was

with

in th

e ad

viso

ry g

uide

line

rang

e. S

ente

nce

appe

al-

and

colla

tera

l-

atta

ck w

aive

r agr

eem

ents

hav

e be

en fo

und

law

ful a

nd e

nfor

ceab

le b

y th

e C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls.S

ee

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Will

iam

s, 39

6 F.

3d 1

340,

134

2 (1

1th

Cir.

200

5). M

ovan

t Med

ina’

s en

terin

g in

to

such

an

agre

emen

t her

e br

ough

t him

a s

igni

fican

t ben

efit,

and

its

term

s pr

eclu

de h

is o

bstru

ctio

n-

of-ju

stic

e co

llate

ral a

ttack

.44

WH

EREF

OR

E, f

or th

e ab

ove-

stat

ed r

easo

ns, t

he U

nite

d St

ates

res

pect

fully

sub

mits

that

Mov

ant M

edin

a’s

and

Mov

ant C

ampa

’s m

otio

ns to

vac

ate,

set

asi

de o

r cor

rect

thei

rsen

tenc

esin

Cas

e N

o. 9

8-72

1-C

r-LE

NA

RD

(s)(

s), p

ursu

ant t

o 28

U.S

.C. §

2255

, sho

uld

be d

enie

d.

Res

pect

fully

subm

itted

,

WIF

RED

O A

. FER

RER

UN

ITED

STA

TES

ATT

OR

NEY

By:

/s/

Car

olin

e H

eck

Mill

er

CA

RO

LIN

E H

ECK

MIL

LER

ASS

ISTA

NT

U.S

. ATT

OR

NEY

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ida

Bar

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ber 0

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. 4TH

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rolin

e.m

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ov

44M

ovan

t C

ampa

als

o w

as r

esen

tenc

ed,

see

DE/

cr 1

776,

but

did

not

ent

er i

nto

a se

nten

cing

ag

reem

ent.

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e 1:

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CE

RT

IFIC

AT

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that

on

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embe

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011,

I el

ectro

nica

lly fi

led

the

fore

goin

g

docu

men

t with

the

Cle

rk o

f the

Cou

rt us

ing

CM

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F, fo

r upl

oadi

ng a

nd se

rvic

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ele

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nic

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cou

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and

par

ties a

utho

rized

to re

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e el

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nica

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olin

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Car

olin

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ssis

tant

U.S

. Atto

rney

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e 1:

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