United States v. Gotti

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge.

Subsequent to the commencement of the sentencing proceeding' of Peter Gotti on March 26, 2004, the Court received requests from members of the press to make public all sentencing letters the Court had received, which included letters from one Marjorie Alexander, whose name surfaced at the start of the proceeding when the Court identified her, as well as the defendant’s wife, and his son, Peter Gotti, Jr., as having written such letters. 1 Because the press is entitled to a response from the Court and because the manner in which the Court views and…