On Monday, April 23, Eric finally had his hearing on the remaining defense motions. There were 21 motions heard on a variety of issues, including a number on 1st and 4th Amendment violations (to read some of the motions Eric's lawyer filed, visit the updates section of the website at www.supporteric.org).

Judge England made it through all 21 motions in less than 2 hours, systematically denying each and every one of them. He seemed to be very familiar with the governments arguments and agree with them.

On February 27, Magistrate Judge Mueller heard Eric's discovery motions. Her order was issued on March 26 - denying all but 2 of the discovery motions. The motion to release Eric's co-defendant's presentencing reports was granted in part, as well as the motion to release proffers and communications between Eric's co-defendants and the government.

While this is all terribly disappointing, we need to regroup and gather our energy for trial! The date is still set for July 2, and we have a lot of work to do before then. Eric's legal team will be hard at work preparing for trial, and we need to make sure they can continue to do their job effectively. Please keep fundraising! For more information on how to help, please visit www.supporteric.org.

Yours,
SPS