United States District Court, D. New Mexico
Fred
Federici Attorney for the United States Acting Under
Authority Conferred by 28 USC § 515 Albuquerque, New
Mexico and Maria Ysabel Armijo Randy M. Castellano Matthew
Beck Assistant United States Attorneys United States
Attorney's Office Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorneys for
the Plaintiff
Richard Sindel Sindel, Sindel & Noble, P.C. Clayton,
Missouri and Brock Benjamin Benjamin Law Firm El Paso, Texas
Attorneys for Defendant Joe Lawrence Gallegos
Patrick J. Burke Patrick J. Burke, P.C. Denver, Colorado and
Cori Ann Harbour-Valdez The Harbour Law Firm, P.C. El Paso,
Texas Attorneys for Defendant Edward Troup
Russel
Dean Clark Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorney for Defendant
Leonard Lujan
James
A. Castle Castle & Castle, P.C. Denver, Colorado and
Robert R. Cooper Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for
Defendant Billy Garcia
Douglas E. Couleur Douglas E. Couleur, P.A. Santa Fe, New
Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Eugene Martinez
Joseph
E. Shattuck Marco & Shattuck Albuquerque, New Mexico and
Jeffrey C. Lahann Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorneys for
Defendant Allen Patterson
John
L. Granberg Granberg Law Office El Paso, Texas and Eduardo
Solis El Paso, Texas Attorneys for Defendant Christopher
Chavez
Nathan
D. Chambers Nathan D. Chambers, LLC Denver Colorado and Noel
Orquiz Deming, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Javier
Alonso
Scott
Moran Davidson Albuquerque, New Mexico and Billy R. Blackburn
Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Arturo
Arnulfo Garcia
Stephen E. Hosford Stephen E. Hosford, P.C. Arrey, New Mexico
and Jerry Daniel Herrera Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys
for Defendant Benjamin Clark
Pedro
Pineda Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorney for Defendant Ruben
Hernandez
Gary
Mitchell Mitchell Law Office Ruidoso, New Mexico Attorney for
Defendant Jerry Armenta
Larry
A. Hammond Osborn Maledon, P.A. Phoenix, Arizona and Margaret
Strickland McGraw & Strickland Las Cruces, New Mexico
Attorneys for Defendant Jerry Montoya
Steven
M. Potolsky Jacksonville Beach, Florida and Santiago D.
Hernandez Law Office of Santiago D. Hernandez El Paso, Texas
Attorneys for Defendant Mario Rodriguez
Jacqueline K. Walsh Walsh & Larranaga Seattle, Washington
and Ray Velarde El Paso, Texas Attorneys for Defendant
Timothy Martinez
Joe
Spencer El Paso, Texas and Mary Stillinger El Paso, Texas
Attorneys for Defendant Mauricio Varela
Amy E.
Jacks Law Office of Amy E. Jacks Los Angeles, California and
Richard Jewkes El Paso, Texas Attorneys for Defendant Daniel
Sanchez
George
A. Harrison Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorney for Defendant
Gerald Archuleta
B.J.
Crow Crow Law Firm Roswell, New Mexico Attorney for Defendant
Conrad Villegas
Theresa M. Duncan Duncan, Earnest, LLC Albuquerque, New
Mexico and Marc M. Lowry Rothstein Donatelli, LLP
Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Anthony Ray
Baca
Charles J. McElhinney McElhinney Law Firm, LLC Las Cruces,
New Mexico Attorney for Defendant Robert Martinez
Marcia
J. Milner Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorney for Defendant Roy
Paul MartinezMarcia J. Milner Las Cruces, New Mexico Attorney
for Defendant Roy Paul Martinez
Christopher W. Adams Charleston, South Carolina and Amy
Sirignano Law Office of Amy Sirignano, P.C. Albuquerque, New
Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Christopher Garcia
William R. Maynard El Paso, Texas and Carey Corlew Bhalla Law
Office of Carey C. Bhalla, LLC Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attorneys for Defendant Carlos Herrera
Justine Fox-Young Albuquerque, New Mexico and Ryan J. Villa
Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Rudy Perez
Lisa
Torraco Albuquerque, New Mexico and Donavon A. Roberts
Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Andrew
Gallegos
Erlinda O. Johnson Law Office of Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, LLC
Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant Santos
Gonzalez
Angela
Arellanes Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys for Defendant
Shauna Gutierrez
Jerry
A. Walz Walz and Associates Albuquerque, New Mexico Attorneys
for Defendant Brandy Rodriguez
AMENDED [1] MEMORANDUM OPINION AND
ORDER
THIS
MATTER comes before the Court on: (i) the Restricted
Motion to Obtain Physical and Mental Health Records, filed
March 27, 2018 (Doc. 1985)(“Health Records
Motion”); and (ii) the Motion in Opposition to
Disclosure of the Defendant's Redacted Mental and
Physical Health Records to Third Party Co-Defendants, filed
April 25, 2018 (Doc. 2161)(“Motion in
Opposition”). The primary issue is whether several
cooperating witnesses' health records, which the New
Mexico Corrections Department (“NMCD”) maintains,
are in Plaintiff United States of America's
“possession, custody, or control.” Fed. R. Crim.
P. 16(a)(1)(E). The Court concludes that federal regulations
restricting the NMCD's ability to share those health
records with the United States mean that the United States
does not possess those records notwithstanding the NMCD's
close cooperation with the United States in this case.
Consequently, the Court denies the Health Records Motion and
grants the Motion in Opposition.
PROCEDURAL
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