United States v. Edwards

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Gezo Goeong Edwards’s [192] Motion for Release of Funds. Defendant requests a hearing to determine the validity of the Government’s seizure of certain assets. Defendant argues that the assets are necessary in order for Defendant to exercise his Sixth Amendment rights and retain his current counsel, Mr. Eduardo Balarezo, for trial in this matter. The Government filed a [194] Opposition, asserting that Defendant failed to make the threshold showing show he lacks sufficient assets to pay his counsel.…