IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
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IN RE: PETITIONS FOR CLEMENCY APPLICATIONS }
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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
Pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, Title 18, U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(1) and
(c), the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut is hereby appointed
to represent any defendant previously determined to have been entitled to appointment of
counsel or who is now indigent, to determine whether that defendant may qualify to seek
reduction of sentence and to present any motions or applications for clemency, in response to the
Attorney General’s April 23, 2014, announcement inviting such petitions and setting forth
guidelines for such applications.
The U.S. Probation Office for the District of Connecticut and the United States District
Court Clerk’s Office for the District of Connecticut are authorized to disclose Presentence
Investigation Reports and Statements of Reasons to the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the
purpose of determining eligibility for relief, and for determining whether a conflict of interest
precludes the Federal Public Defender from representing a client. Should the Federal Public
Defender determine that there is a prohibitive conflict in which the prospective client’s interests
are materially adverse to those of a current or former client with regard to representation of a
particular defendant in this litigation, the Federal Public Defender will so notify the Court.
Those cases will be referred back to the national Clemency Project 2014.
SO ORDERED.
Dated at New Haven, Connecticut, this 10th day of July, 2014.
/s/ Janet C. Hall
Janet C. Hall, Chief Judge
United States District Court, District of Connecticut
