Case Information
*1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA
CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, No. 14-CR-116-LRR vs. ORDER WILLIAM B. AOSSEY, Jr.,
Defendant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, No. 14-CR-138-LRR vs. ORDER JALEL AOSSEY, WILLIAM “YAHYA” AOSSEY, MIDAMAR CORPORATION, ISLAMIC SERVICES OF AMERICA, and ISA, INC. d/b/a “Islamic Services of America, Inc.,”
Defendants. ____________________
The matter before the court is the government’s “Motion for Alternative Victim Notification Procedures” (“Motion”) (14-cr-116: docket no. 123) (14-cr-138: docket no. 162), which the government filed on November 5, 2015. For the reasons stated in the Motion, the Motion is GRANTED . The court finds that the number of potential victims in the above-captioned cases requires alternative notification procedures and that the government’s proposed procedures are reasonable. See 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(2). Accordingly, the government is permitted to notify potential victims of their statutory rights and of any court proceedings by communicating such information, as proposed, on the websites of the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and through the issuance of a press release.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
*2 DATED this 12th day of November, 2015.
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