{"id":"court_sdny_363_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":363,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2024-05-29","title":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK","summary_zh":"分类信息程序法令——美国诉Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #363（2024年5月29日）。根据《分类信息程序法》，法院驳回政府的第5条动议，准许其第6(a)条动议，禁止被告向政府证人就某些内容发问。","summary_en":"Classified Information Procedures Act Order—United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #363 (May 29, 2024). Under the Classified Information Procedures Act, the Court denied the Government's Section 5 motion but granted its Section 6(a) motion, precluding Defendant from eliciting certain testimony from a government witness.","body_en":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\n\n-against-\n\nMILES GUO,\n\nDefendant.\n\nUSDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED\nDOC #: _______________\nDATE FILED: 5/29/2024\n\n23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\n## ORDER\n\nANALISA TORRES, District Judge:\n\nOn May 17 and 21, 2024, the Government moved pursuant to Sections 5 and 6(a) of the Classified Information Procedure Act (\"CIPA\") for an order precluding Defendant, Miles Guo, from eliciting at trial certain testimony from an anticipated government witness (\"Witness-2\"). For the reasons stated in the Court's sealed order dated May 21, 2024, ECF No. 356, the Government's Section 5 motion is DENIED, and its Section 6(a) motion is GRANTED.\n\nOn May 6, 2024, the Government produced Witness-2's § 3500 material to the defense. *See* Guo Section 5 Opp. at 4, ECF No. 340. After reviewing the § 3500 material, defense counsel filed a letter with the Court requesting an *ex parte* CIPA Section 2 conference based on their belief that their anticipated cross-examination of Witness-2 may implicate classified information (the \"Purported Classified Information\"). *Id.*; Guo Section 6(a) Opp. at 4–5, ECF No. 354 (under seal and on file with Court).\n\nOn May 14, 2024, the Court held a CIPA Section 2 conference with defense counsel and instructed them to provide proper Section 5 notice to the Government. The same day, defense counsel provided the Government with Section 5 notice stating that Guo seeks to elicit the Purported Classified Information. Guo Section 5 Opp. at 4.\n\nOn May 17, 2024, the Government moved *in limine*, pursuant to CIPA Section 5, to preclude Guo from asking Witness-2 about the Purported Classified Information. Gov. Section 5\n\nMem., ECF No. 339. On May 18, 2024, Guo filed a response. Guo Section 5 Opp. By order dated May 19, 2024, the Court directed the Government to file a CIPA Section 6(a) motion and the defense to respond. *See* Section 6(a) Scheduling Order, ECF No. 346. On May 21, 2024, the parties filed their Section 6(a) papers. Gov. Section 6(a) Mem., ECF No. 355 (under seal and on file with the Court); Guo Section 6(a) Opp. The same day, the Court held a Section 6(a) hearing with both parties.\n\nBy sealed order dated May 21, 2024, ECF No. 356, the Court denied the Government's Section 5 motion, finding that Guo's Section 5 notice was timely and sufficiently particular. *Id.* at 4. The Court, however, granted the Government's Section 6(a) motion on the basis that the limited probative value of the Purported Classified Information is outweighed by the risk of needlessly presenting cumulative evidence and confusing the jury. *Id.* at 4–5.\n\nSO ORDERED.\n\nDated: May 29, 2024\nNew York, New York\n\nANALISA TORRES\nUnited States District Judge","body_zh":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国），\n\n诉\n\nMILES GUO（郭文贵），\n\n被告。\n\nUSDC SDNY 电子归档文件\n文件编号：_______________\n归档日期：5/29/2024\n\n23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\n裁定\n\nANALISA TORRES（阿娜丽莎·托雷斯），地区法官：\n\n2024年5月17日和21日，政府根据《Classified Information Procedures Act（机密信息程序法）》（“CIPA”）第5条和第6(a)条提出动议，请求发布命令，阻止被告Miles Guo在庭审中诱导一名预期的政府证人（“Witness-2（证人-2）”）作出某些证词。基于本院2024年5月21日密封裁定（ECF No. 356）中所述理由，政府依据第5条提出的动议被驳回（DENIED），其依据第6(a)条提出的动议获得准许（GRANTED）。\n\n2024年5月6日，政府向辩方出示了证人-2的第3500条材料。参见 Guo Section 5 Opp. 第4页，ECF No. 340。在审阅该第3500条材料后，辩方律师向法庭提交信件，请求举行单方（ex parte）CIPA第2条会议，理由是他们认为对证人-2的预期交叉盘问可能涉及机密信息（“声称的机密信息”）。同上；Guo Section 6(a) Opp. 第4–5页，ECF No. 354（已密封并由法庭归档）。\n\n2024年5月14日，法庭与辩方律师举行了CIPA第2条会议，并指示他们向政府提供适当的第5条通知。同日，辩方律师向政府提供了第5条通知，声明郭寻求诱导出该声称的机密信息。Guo Section 5 Opp. 第4页。\n\n2024年5月17日，政府依据CIPA第5条提出审前动议（in limine），请求阻止郭就该声称的机密信息向证人-2发问。Gov. Section 5 Mem.，ECF No. 339。2024年5月18日，郭提交了答复意见。Guo Section 5 Opp.。通过2024年5月19日的裁定，法庭指示政府提交CIPA第6(a)条动议，并指示辩方作出答复。参见 Section 6(a) Scheduling Order，ECF No. 346。2024年5月21日，各方提交了第6(a)条相关文书。Gov. Section 6(a) Mem.，ECF No. 355（已密封并由法庭归档）；Guo Section 6(a) Opp.。同日，法庭与双方举行了第6(a)条听证会。\n\n通过2024年5月21日的密封裁定（ECF No. 356），法庭驳回了政府依据第5条提出的动议，认定郭的第5条通知属于及时提供且具有足够的具体性。同上，第4页。然而，法庭准许了政府依据第6(a)条提出的动议，理由是该声称的机密信息的有限证明价值，被不必要地出示累赘证据以及混淆陪审团的风险所超过。同上，第4–5页。\n\n特此裁定。\n\n日期：2024年5月29日\n纽约州纽约市\n\nANALISA TORRES\n美国地区法官","key_entities":["Guo","CIPA","Classified Information","Miles Guo","Torres","Analisa Torres"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":339,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":340,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":346,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":354,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":355,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":356,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":450,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-05-29 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-05-29","updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:21:09"}