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Court Grants Motion for Partial Stay of Proceedings Due to Lapse in CJA Funding and Resulting Impact on Defense Investigation

Court Grants Motion for Partial Stay of Proceedings due to lapse in CJA funding and resulting impact on defense investigation. In U.S. v. Fawaz Ahemeid, Cr. 20-502 (EDNY) (a prior Garland no seek pending reconsideration by Bondi DOJ), the Court agreed with the defense that a stay of matters was necessary, finding that "the Sixth Amendment has never demanded that an attorney work without compensation and personally shoulder the costs associated with providing a defense."  The Court's Memorandum Decision and Order (DE145) can be found here.