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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN DIVISION
Seaton H. Letts,                                                                             )   C/A No.: 1:12-731-MGL-SVH
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Petitioner,                                                                                  )
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vs.                                                                                          )   ORDER
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Kenny Atkinson,                                                                              )
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Respondent.                                                                                  )
The  court  has  reviewed  the  record  in  this  matter  and  notes  that  Petitioner’s
statutory claim pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) for credit for time served in Jamaica
turns on whether Petitioner was arrested and detained on local charges, as Respondent
maintains, or pursuant to an extradition request by the United States government, as
Petitioner contends.
Petitioner has produced some evidence  to support his contention  that he was
arrested and detained based upon a request by the United States government. The record,
however,  remains  insufficiently  developed.  In  particular,  the  evidence  offered  by
Respondent  regarding  the  grounds  for  Petitioner’s  arrest  in  Jamaica  and  the
circumstances of the extradition warrant prepared by the United States is incomplete and
conclusory.
Accordingly,  it is hereby ordered  that Respondent provide the court  with the
following supplementary information by November 5, 2012:
(i) any and all information pertaining to the circumstances of Petitioner’s
arrest in Jamaica on or around November  25,  2004, including evidence




demonstrating that Petitioner was arrested on local criminal charges, or
upon  a  request  from  the  United  States.  In  addition,  Respondent  shall
provide the court with any and all information, including declarations by
individuals with knowledge, demonstrating the date upon which Jamaica
first issued formal criminal charges against Petitioner;
(ii)  any  and  all  information  in  its  possession  regarding  the  extradition
request  made  by  the  United  States,  including  a  detailed  chronological
statement of all actions taken by the United States previously and up to that
date with respect to the detention and extradition of Petitioner by Jamaica;
(iii)  all  attempts  to  authenticate  or  challenge  the  authenticity  of  the
documents attached to Petitioner’s Response; and
(iv)  an  acknowledgement  that,  to  accept  Respondent’s  position  that
Petitioner was given credit towards his Jamaican sentence, Petitioner would
have served in excess of his custodial sentence of 48 months in Jamaica, to
wit:   The record reflects that Petitioner was in continuous custody during
the 750 days between November 25, 2004 and December 14, 2006.                        (See
Criminal Action, Entry #502 at ¶133 (presentence report)(“From November
of 2004 until October 2009, [Petitioner] was incarcerated in Jamaica.”)). If
the 750 days credit had been applied to the Jamaican sentence, Petitioner
would have served more than 56 months between his arrest on November
25, 2004 and the completion of his Jamaican sentence on August 15, 2009.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
October 15, 2012                                                                     Shiva V. Hodges
Columbia, South Carolina                                                             United States Magistrate Judge

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