United States v. Wilson

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.

In September, this court will hold an evidentiary hearing on whether Defendant Ronell Wilson is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment, see Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), and the Federal Death Penalty Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3596(c). Today the court addresses two motions related to this hearing.

First, the Government moves for reconsideration of the court’s February 13, 2012, Order, which: (1) prohibited the Government from reviewing materials…