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This document describes the current state of Smith's detention. He's being kept in solitary (the "Administrative Control Unit"), he's allowed to meet and correspond with his attorneys, meet and correspond with his family (except that he is not allowed to send mail to his father), and meet (and correspond -- see the Amendment) with the 60 Minutes television program.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

v.
(1) CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM SMITH,
Defendant.

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

The Court’s previous Orders dated March 13, 2006, March 24, 2006, April 12, 2006, May 2, 2006, June 16, 2006, June 19, 2006, June 27, 2006, October 19, 2006, and January 18, 2007 regarding the conditions of defendant Christopher William Smith’s custody, are hereby superseded. Any other oral or written Orders by the Court regarding Defendant Christopher William Smith remain in full force and effect.

Defendant Christopher William Smith shall remain at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights and shall be subject to the following conditions:

1. Defendant Smith shall be held in a self-contained cell within the Administrative Control Unit (“ACU”) in order to restrict his interaction with other prisoners.

2. Defendant Smith is permitted to meet in person with all licensed attorneys employed by Joseph S. Friedberg, Chartered, who represent Defendant Smith in this matter. These attorneys specifically include Joseph S. Friedberg, Lisa Lodin Peralta, and Casey Oppenheim.

3. Defendant Smith is permitted to meet in person with Paul C. Engh, Esquire, with regard to Defendant Smith’s possible appeal in this case.

4. Defendant Smith is permitted to meet with his mother, [redacted at his mother's request], his stepfather, [redacted at his step-father's request] Meili, his sister, [redacted at his sister's request] Smith, Anita Smith, his son, M. S., and his stepdaughter, A. P. Visitation with these individuals shall occur pursuant to the conditions routinely imposed by Oak Park Heights, including: a) visitation will be permitted only after Oak Park Heights personnel are satisfied with the results of a background check of each of these individuals; b) visits will be conducted via televison monitors and telephones; c) all visits will be monitored by Oak Park Heights personnel and will be audio and video recorded; and d) visitation with these individuals will be permitted during times designated by Oak Park Heights personnel
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and defendant Smith will be permitted only a total of two hours per week to have visitation with these family members.

5. Defendant Smith may send outgoing mail to, and receive mail from, his attorney, Joseph S. Friedberg, at the following address: Joseph S. Friedberg, Chartered, 150 South 5th Street, Suite 320, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. Defendant Smith may send outgoing mail to, and receive mail from, Paul C. Engh, at the following address: Paul C. Engh, 220 South 6th Street, Suite 215, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. All such mail shall be monitored as per Oak Park Heights’ routine procedures for “legal” mail.

6. In addition to the mail privileges delineated in paragraph 5 above, Defendant Smith may send outgoing mail to, and receive mail from, only: a) his mother, [redacted at his mother's request], his stepfather, [redacted at his step-father's request] Meili, and his sister, [redacted at his sister's request] Smith, at the address of Burnsville, Minnesota; b) Anita Smith, his son, M. S., and his stepdaughter, A.P., at the address of Prior Lake, Minnesota. Defendant Smith may receive mail from his father, Scott Smith, at the address of Lakeville, Minnesota, but may not send outgoing mail to Scott Smith. All mail to and from these family members shall be screened by the Government prior to being sent to the family members or given to Defendant Smith.

7. Defendant Smith shall be permitted to make telephone calls to his attorney, Joseph S. Friedberg, and, for purposes of discussing his possible appeal of this case, to attorney Paul C. Engh.

8. In addition to the telephone privileges delineated in paragraph 7 above, Defendant Smith shall be permitted to make telephone calls only to his mother, [redacted at his mother's request], his stepfather, [redacted at his step-father's request] Meili, his sister, [redacted at his sister's request] Smith, Anita Smith, his son, M. S., and his stepdaughter, A. P. These telephone calls shall occur pursuant to the conditions routinely imposed by Oak Park Heights, including: a) Defendant Smith shall be permitted only four calls per week; b) all telephone calls will be monitored by Oak Park Heights personnel and will be audio recorded; and c) telephone calls will be permitted only during times and for a duration designated according to Oak Park Heights’ procedures and policies. These telephone calls may be reviewed by the Government.

9. Defendant Smith shall be permitted to receive newspaper and news periodical materials that are approved in accordance with the policies of Oak Park Heights.

10. Defendant Smith shall be permitted to be interviewed by Mr. Andrew Metz and/ or certain employees of the CBS News television show, “60 Minutes.” This interview shall occur pursuant to all conditions, policies, rules, and regulations routinely imposed by both Oak Park Heights and the United States Marshal’s Service with regard to visitations of inmates in general, and visitations of inmates by press personnel in particular. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, the
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following: a) visitation will be permitted only after Oak Park Heights personnel are satisfied with the results of a background check of each of these individuals; b) all visits will be monitored by Oak Park Heights personnel, who will be present during the visitations; and c) visitation with these individuals will be permitted during times and at a location designated by Oak Park Heights personnel. Further, this interview will be limited to only those “60 Minutes” employees necessary to conduct the interview of Defendant Smith.

11. Defendant Smith shall not be permitted any other mail, visitation, interview, or telephone privileges other than as specifically set forth herein.

Dated: April 11, 2007
/s/Michael J. Davis
The Honorable Michael J. Davis
United States District Court Judge

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