by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY EXCLUSIVE, Feb 28 – A man named Mullah Mohammad Saleh, a citizen of Bahrain, was extradited to the United States from Greece and appeared in Magistrates Court of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 21 at 5 pm.
Inner City Press was there, the only media (the only civilian) in the Mag Court. Saleh's case is sealed, but assigned to District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.
He was assigned a US taxpayer funded lawyer, saying that his income "varies... based on currency exchange rates."
His Federal Defender said she spoke with him in English, but that he speaks two languages including Urdu.
He consented to detention and was led away by the US Marshals.
On February 28, 2024 there was movement: "ORDER as to Mullah Bakhsh Ghulam Mohammad Saleh. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a status conference in this matter will be held on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. in Courtroom 443 of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, New York, 10007. The Court intends to set a motion schedule and a trial schedule at that conference."
Inner City Press will continue on the case.
It is US v. Mohammed Saleh, 22-cr-161 (Caproni)
More on Substack here.
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