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Page 1: UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO … STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ... He makes essentially two claims: that payments to local journalists from the

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OT

ION

UN

DE

R 2

8 U

.S.C

. §22

55

TO

VA

CA

TE

, SE

T A

SID

E O

R C

OR

RE

CT

SEN

TE

NC

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

Cas

e N

o. 9

8-72

1-C

r-LE

NA

RD

(s)(

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

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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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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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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,

see

DE/

LM 5

:31,

DE/

RC

1-2

:33,

6bu

t do

not

app

end,

7

5D

ue to

the

leng

th o

f dis

cuss

ion

of th

is is

sue,

it is

div

ided

topi

cally

, at t

hese

pag

e nu

mbe

rs:

repo

rted

that

10

sout

h Fl

orid

a jo

urna

lists

rece

ived

pay

men

t fr

om t

he U

.S.

gove

rnm

ent

to p

artic

ipat

e in

Rad

io M

arti

and

TV M

arti

prog

ram

min

g ai

med

at C

uba.

From

this

, Mov

ants

con

ject

ure

that

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es g

over

nmen

t

A. P

roce

dura

l ove

rvie

w …

……

……

……

……

……

……

……

…..6

B. S

ubst

antiv

ely,

Mov

ant’s

cla

im fa

ils …

……

……

……

……

…...

8C

. Pro

cedu

ral i

ssue

s: “

Cau

se”

……

……

……

……

……

……

…...

15D

. Pro

cedu

ral i

ssue

s: P

reju

dice

……

……

……

……

……

……

….2

3E.

Cla

im o

f stru

ctur

al e

rror

……

……

……

……

……

……

……

....2

4F.

Bra

dy c

laim

……

……

……

……

……

……

……

……

……

…...

.27

i. Fi

rst B

rady

ele

men

t: su

ppre

ssio

n …

……

……

……

……

.28

ii. S

econ

d Br

ady

elem

ent:

favo

rabi

lity

to th

e de

fens

e …

…35

iii. T

hird

Bra

dy e

lem

ent:

mat

eria

lity

……

……

……

……

….3

5G

. Cla

im th

at c

ouns

el w

ere

rend

ered

inef

fect

ive

……

……

……

...38

H. C

laim

that

a n

ews a

rticl

e re

ache

d th

e ve

nire

……

……

……

….4

5

6“D

E/LM

” re

fers

to d

ocke

t ent

ries

in M

ovan

t Med

ina’

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base

less

, illo

gica

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d co

ntra

dict

ed b

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refe

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low

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d la

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nore

d by

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ir cl

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roce

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lly u

nsou

nd, b

arre

d on

sev

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inde

pend

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roce

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l bas

es,

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55 re

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w

The

base

line

case

for

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ents

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55 r

elie

f is

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Fra

dy, 4

56 U

.S. 1

52 (1

982)

, whi

ch e

nunc

iate

d a

“cau

se a

nd a

ctua

l pre

judi

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

ined

und

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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

app

eal,

a de

fend

ant i

s th

erea

fter p

recl

uded

from

urg

ing

the

sam

e is

sues

in a

late

r col

late

ral a

ttack

”); U

nite

d St

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).

This

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

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e, 2

011

WL

4001

071,

*2

(S.D

.N.Y

. 201

1).

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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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ncia

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of t

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nite

d St

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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

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“cau

se”

stan

dard

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ally

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Mov

ants

do n

ot, a

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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

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io M

arti

and

TVM

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prog

ram

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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

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otio

n m

ust “

stat

e th

e fa

cts

supp

ortin

g ea

ch g

roun

d”].

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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

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eir

burd

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2255

pet

ition

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with

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see

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and

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ants

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plai

n ab

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age

of R

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ti an

d TV

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ti

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hey

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ticul

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ti or

TV

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ti

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dcas

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hat

inju

red

them

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rea

ched

the

jury

ven

ue.

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her,

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ants

focu

s th

eir

com

plai

nts

on n

ewsp

aper

sto

ries

and

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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

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ding

to th

e G

ener

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ccou

ntab

ility

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ice

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rep

ort “

BR

OA

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ING

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ctio

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rate

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G

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127

(200

9) (h

erea

fter “

GA

O R

epor

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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

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ch o

pera

tes

Uni

ted

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es

broa

dcas

ting

to C

uba

via

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io a

nd T

V M

arti,

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O R

epor

t at 7

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io M

arti

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enes

is in

th

e R

adio

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stin

g to

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a A

ct, p

asse

d by

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gres

s in

1983

“to

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vide

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peop

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f Cub

a,

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ugh

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io M

arti,

with

info

rmat

ion

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wou

ld n

ot o

rdin

arily

rec

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due

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e ce

nsor

ship

pr

actic

es o

f th

e C

uban

gov

ernm

ent.”

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at 6

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OC

B i

s pa

rt of

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oard

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erno

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agin

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n be

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ww

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e 1:

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umen

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011

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e 9

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10

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nalis

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blis

hed

in s

outh

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rida.

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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

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e no

n-go

vern

men

t

publ

icat

ions

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“new

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ticle

s th

e go

vern

men

t pai

d to

be

crea

ted

and

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emin

ated

thro

ugho

ut

the

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hern

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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

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publ

icity

at i

ssue

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efer

ring

to D

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C 1

-3,

appe

ndix

list

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non-

gove

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l new

spap

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th F

lorid

a pu

blic

atio

ns),

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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

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te th

e co

njec

ture

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insi

nuat

ion

that

the

gove

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aym

ent p

urch

ased

and

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ipul

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ate

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ia c

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age

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rida.

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ng c

ompl

aint

sab

out

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essi

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edom

of

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rmat

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eque

sts

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ants

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arty

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orte

rs,

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min

ous

mat

eria

l w

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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

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rele

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e D

E/LM

5:1

3 n.

3, D

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C 1

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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.

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ed, t

he p

urch

ase

orde

rsre

fute

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ants

’spe

cula

tive

prem

ise

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the

gove

rnm

ent p

aid

for n

onR

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-or T

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arti

serv

ices

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ny p

rivat

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edia

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k an

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re,

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udin

g so

uth

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ida.

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e of

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s m

ater

ial,

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ting

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he s

ix i

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idua

l

pers

ons

argu

ably

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evan

t to

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ants

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aim

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appe

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ttach

men

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men

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com

pile

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l pu

rcha

se o

rder

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twee

n th

e O

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en F

erre

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do C

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ablo

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nso,

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l Rem

os a

nd E

nriq

ue E

spin

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web

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ants

re

fere

nce

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ract

mat

eria

ls f

or n

umer

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r jo

urna

lists

with

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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

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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’

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each

of

the

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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

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ard

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trans

pare

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ngag

emen

t of

the

m t

o ap

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on

or

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rwis

e he

lp p

rodu

ce R

adio

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tior

TV

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ti pr

ogra

ms,

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or s

ervi

ces

in c

onne

ctio

n w

ith

any

priv

ate

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ia p

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atio

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out

lets

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ttach

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[foo

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prem

ise

that

som

ehow

suc

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gage

men

ts w

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inte

nded

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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

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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.

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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

.)

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chas

e or

der

for

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e to

app

ear

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14,

200

1 as

gue

st o

n O

CB

“M

esa

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onda

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undt

able

dis

cuss

ion,

for

$75.

00);

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9(p

urch

ase

orde

r fo

r C

anci

o to

par

ticip

ate

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wee

kly

half-

hour

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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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on

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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:

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v-23

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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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

Ent

ered

on

FLS

D D

ocke

t 12/

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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011

Pag

e 14

of 6

1

Page 8: UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO … STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ... He makes essentially two claims: that payments to local journalists from the

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-

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Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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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-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

Ent

ered

on

FLS

D D

ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

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

Ent

ered

on

FLS

D D

ocke

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

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 18

of 6

1

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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

).

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e 1:

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v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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on

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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

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e 1:

11-c

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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

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1-60

95;

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85;

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65;

1537

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4-87

66;

1540

:900

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05;

1541

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57;

1542

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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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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011

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

376-

JAL

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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t 12/

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Pag

e 22

of 6

1

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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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e 23

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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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25

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

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e 1:

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e 25

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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

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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

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umen

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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:

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v-23

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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:

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v-23

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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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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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e 1:

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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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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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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ocke

t 12/

06/2

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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v-23

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1

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41

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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e 41

of 6

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.

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e 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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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t 12/

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011

Pag

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

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e 1:

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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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e lo

cate

d th

e Sp

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ge a

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e at

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Cas

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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

.

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e 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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

Ent

ered

on

FLS

D D

ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

e 48

of 6

1

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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:

11-c

v-23

376-

JAL

Doc

umen

t 9

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ered

on

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ocke

t 12/

06/2

011

Pag

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:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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ocke

t 12/

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e 50

of 6

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:

11-c

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 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:

11-c

v-23

376-

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umen

t 9

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ered

on

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t 12/

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Pag

e 52

of 6

1

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53

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.

Cas

e 1:

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v-23

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umen

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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

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umen

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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

t 9

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on

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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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v-23

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umen

t 9

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on

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Pag

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

,

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e 1:

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59

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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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

Flor

ida

Bar

Num

ber 0

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N.E

. 4TH

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i, Fl

orid

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(fax

)ca

rolin

e.m

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doj.g

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

E O

F SE

RV

ICE

I HER

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CER

TIFY

that

on

Dec

embe

r 6, 2

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

/EC

F, fo

r upl

oadi

ng a

nd se

rvic

e by

ele

ctro

nic

notic

e to

cou

nsel

and

par

ties a

utho

rized

to re

ceiv

e el

ectro

nica

lly N

otic

es o

f Ele

ctro

nic

Filin

g.

/s/

Car

olin

e H

eck

Mill

er

Car

olin

e H

eck

Mill

erA

ssis

tant

U.S

. Atto

rney

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e 1:

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