D.C. District Court Compassionate Release Spreadsheet
This is an excel spread sheet summarizing decisions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia concerning requests for Compassionate Release as the result of Covid-19. It will be periodically updated
Date | Case # | Defendant | Judge | Prison | Medical Issue | Decision |
4/8/20 | 2-310(JDB) | Kevin Johnson | Paul Bates | N/A | Denied | |
4/10/20 | 19-00369 (APM) ) 18-00357 (APM) | Terrell Armstead | Amit Mehta | DC DOC Facilities | Asthma | Denied |
4/10/20 | 19-cr-258 (KBJ) | Sean Ray Wiggins | Kentaji Brown Jackson | DC Jail | Healthy | Denied |
4/13/20 | 12-180 (BAH) | Henry Alejandro Goldberg | Beryl A. Howell | Healthy – parents are not | Denied | |
4/16/20 | No. 02-294 (BAH) | Paul Hammond | Beryl A. Howell | Rivers Correctional Institution | Age & Prostate Cancer | Indicative Ruling |
4/17/20 | 19-cr-194 (KBJ) | Robert Leake | Kentaji Brown Jackson | DC Jail | Asthma | Denied w/out prejudiice |
4/21/20 | 19-mj-00092 | MARKARAND MANOHAR DHAVALE, | Beryl A. Howell | CTF DOC | Prediabetes & hypertension | Affirmed |
4/22/20 | 18-cr-17 (TSC) | Timothy Jennings | Chutkan | see comment – too long | Granted | |
4/22/20 | 03-533 (BAH) | Carlos Curtis | Beryl A. Howell | Federal BOP | MS, 85% vision reduction, wheelchair | Granted |
4/27/20 | 20-10 (CKK) | Dawud Riggins | Colleen Kollar-Kotelly | DC Jail | Asthma | Denied |
4/27/20 | No. 18-389 (BAH) | Linwood Douglas Thorn | Beryl A. Howell | DC Jail | lung surgery, hypertension | Denied |
4/27/20 | 13-231-01 (ESH) | Herman Malone | Ellen S Huvelle | Fort Dix FCI | diabetes, high colestoral, two hip replacements | Denied w/out prejudiice |
4/28/20 | 18-251 (BAH) | Kelvin Otunyo | Beryl A. Howell | DC DOC Facilities | N/A | Denied |
5/8/20 | 1:20-cr-00044 (TNM) | Deon Cole | Trevor N Mcfadden | DC Jail | N/A | Denied |
5/10/20 | 19-cr-194 (KBJ) | Robert Leake | Kentaji Brown Jackson | DC Jail | Asthma | Denied |
5/14/202 | 14-cr-189 (TSC) | Michael Lee Smith | Chutkan | Abnormal heart murmur, mild degenerative joint disease | Granted | |
5/16/20 | 15-cr-125 (KBJ) | Morris Johnson | Kentaji Brown Jackson | DC CTF | High blood pressure, PTSD, just shy of severe obesity, pulminary hypertension | Granted |
5/24/20 | 12-154 (BAH) | John C Morris | Beryl A. Howell | USP Lewisburg | Age (71), COPD, Hypertension | Granted |
5/26/20 | 1:17-cr-00234-2 (TNM) | Wayne Holroyd | Trevor N Mcfadden | FCI Ashland KY | Hypertension, no spleen, African American, Male | Denied |
5/29/20 | 19-cr-00085 (ESH) | Davon Wheeler | Ellen S Huvelle | CI Rivers Winton NC | Chronic Asthma, AA, see more in comment | Denied |
6/1/20 | 18-371 (BAH) | Gregory Mauldin | Beryl A. Howell | Cerebral Palsey | Granted | |
6/1/20 | 8-364 (JDB) | Lee Ayers | John D. Bates | FCC Butner NC | Black Male, immuno compromised, potentially gastric cancer | Denied |
6/9/20 | 19-cr-00290 (ESH) | Fetehi Mohammed | Ellen S Huvelle | FCI Cumberland MD | Hepatitis B, liver disease, Valvular Heart Disease and Atrial Fibrillation | Denied |
6/12/20 | 14-30-2 (BAH) | Michael Bikundi | Beryl A. Howell | FCC Butner NC | comorbidities of cancer, hypertension, Hepatitis-C and tuberculosis” | Granted |
6/16/20 | 19-cr-21 (KBJ) | Jeremy Sears | Kentaji Brown Jackson | FCI Elkton OH | diabetes mellitus, essential hypertension, asthma, and depression | Denied |
6/19/20 | 1:19-cr-00347 (TNM) | Arnold Jackson | Trevor N Mcfadden | CVRJ | diabetes, asthma, sleep apnea, and obesity | Denied |
6/19/20 | 17-0019 (PLF) | SHEILA SCUTCHINGS | Paul L Friedman | FMC Carswell | hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, diverticulitis, chronic gastric esophageal reflux disease, hyperlipidemia, severe obesiety | Denied w/out prejudiice |
6/24/20 | 17-58 (EGS) | DOMINIC RANDY QUEEN | Emmet Sullivan | CI Rivers Winton NC | Healthy 28 Male | Denied w/out prejudiice |
6/25/20 | 11-356 (RDM) | IRFAN DEMIRTAS | Randolph. D. Moss | Allenwood Low | age, asthma, allergies, language limitations, and the COVID-19 pandemic | Denied w/out prejudiice |
6/25/20 | 10-0051 (PLF) | Randoloph Danson | Paul L Friedman | FMC Lexington | Alcohol addiction, years of smoking, “a health condition which causes fainting, dizziness, & vomiting. Mr. Danson’s blood tests are also indicitative of several diseases, for which he has yet been given a proper diagnosis | Granted |
6/26/20 | 19-0205 (PLF) | DANTE NICHOLSON | Paul L Friedman | DC Jail CTF | Denied | |
6/30/20 | 18-103 (EGS) | Tony Evans | Emmet Sullivan | FCI Danbury | sleep apnea, essential hypertension, and obesiety | Denied |
7/7/20 | No. 16-0180 (ESH) | Brynee Baylor | Ellen S Huvelle | FPC Alderson WV | “focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) a chronic kidney disease (CKD),” and “elevated blood pressure readings,” | Denied w/out prejudiice |
7/17/20 | 19-0082 (PLF) | DEMETRIUS MCMILLAN | Paul L Friedman | FCI Butler Low | “malignant hypertensive heart disease, respiratory abnormalities, chronic kidney disease, and congestive heart failure. | Denied w/out prejudiice |
7/20/20 | 07-cr-178 (JDB) | Jeffrey Franklin | John D. Bates | FCI Beckley WV | high blood pressure, chronic pain from a gunshot wound, history of smoking | Denied |
7/21/20 | 02-106 (JDB) | Brian Carr | John D. Bates | USP Atlanta | 52 year old black male, chronic smoker, asthma | Denied |
7/22/20 | 95-0088 (PLF) | Percy Barron | Paul L Friedman | USP McCreary | high blood pressure, borderline diabetic | Denied w/out prejudiice |
7/23/20 | 1:17-cr-00234-2 (TNM) | Wayne Holroyd | Trevor N Mcfadden | FCI Ashland KY | Denied | |
7/27/20 | 17-0019 (PLF) | SHEILA SCUTCHINGS | Paul L Friedman | FMC Carswell | govt must supply more info | |
7/27/20 | 08-0376 (PLF) | Gregory Lassiter | Paul L Friedman | No jurisdiction – has an appeal ongoing | Denied w/out prejudiice | |
7/29/20 | 13-cr-00030 (ESH) | Kevin Brown | Ellen S Huvelle | FCI Butler Low | Age, Alcohol addiction, black male, adjustment disorder w/ depressed mood | Denied |
7/31/20 | 04-128-21 (ESH) | Tommy Dorsey | Ellen S Huvelle | FCI Hazelton | type 2 diabetes, hypertension, & obesiety | Denied |
8/5/20 | 95-0088 (PLF) | Percy Barron | Paul L Friedman | USP McCreary | high blood pressure, borderline diabetic | Recommended transfer to Springfield MCFP |
8/7/20 | 11-0290 (PLF) | Devon Robinson | Paul L Friedman | unopposed given medical history and time served | Granted | |
8/12/20 | 19-143 (BAH) | Michael Tobias | Beryl A. Howell | FCI Petersburg Low | alcoholic hepatitis and pulmonary fibrosis, 39 yr old black male | Denied |
8/13/20 | 08-0118-(5) (PLF) | Edward Farley | Paul L Friedman | FCI Fort Dix | Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and obesity | Granted |
8/21/20 | 07-cr-00152-4 (ESH) | Ernest Glover | Ellen S Huvelle | FCI Schuykill | Hypertension, high blood pressure, prediabetic, preexisting lung condition | Granted |
8/31/20 | 18-cr-68 (BAH) | MICHAEL AFRAM ORJI | Beryl A. Howell | hypertension | Denied | |
9/2/20 | 17-cr-207 (KBJ) | D’angelo Dunlap | Kentaji Brown Jackson | State Correctional Facility Baltimore MD, FCI Schuykill | see comment – too long | Granted |
9/3/20 | 17-0019 (PLF) | SHEILA SCUTCHINGS | Paul L Friedman | FMC Carswell | Denied w/out prejudiice | |
9/12/20 | 02-310 (JDB) | Kevin Johnson | Paul Bates | FCI Cumberland MD | age, high cholesterol, farsightedness, and high blood pressure | Denied |
9/14/20 | 14-30-1 (BAH) | Florence Bikundi | Beryl A. Howell | Bruceton Mills WV | age, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity | Denied |
9/18/20 | 1:17-cr-00109-APM | Azam Doost | Amit Mehta | USP Atwater | asthma & obesiety | Denied |