Case3 15-mj-7-9370-MAG Document3 Pagel of3 MELINDA HAAG CABN 132612 United States Attorney DAVID R CALLAWAY CABN 121782 Chief Criminal Division HAUN DCBN 484131 WILLIAM FRENTZEN LABN 24421 Assistant United States Attorneys 450 Golden Gate Avenue Box 36055 San Francisco California 94102-3495 Telephone 415 436-7200 FAX 415 436-7234 gov William frentzen@usdoj gov RAYMOND N HULSER MABN 551350 Acting Chief Public Integrity Section RICHARD B EVANS DCBN 441494 Trial Attorney 1400 New York Avenue NW Washington DC 20005 Telephone 202 353-7760 Richard B Evans@usdoj gov Attorneys for United States of America UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V CARL M FORCE IV and SHAUN W BRIDGES Defendants 3_15 0370 SEALING APPLICATION AND SEALING ORDER 4% The United States hereby applies for an order directing that the sealed paragraph of the af davit in the above titled matter together with the application and this court s sealing order SEALING APPLICATION AND SEALING ORDER NOLA-LIDCase3 15-mj-70370-MAG Document3 Filed03 25 5 Page2 of3 be kept under seal until further order of the Court The United States requests that the above- described materials be sealed to preserve the con dentiality of the matters under seal in United States V brz cht WHEREFORE I respectfully request that the Court issue an order granting this application DATED March 25 2015 Respectfully submitted MELINDA HAAG United States Attorney WILLIAM FRENTZEN Assistant United States Attorney ORDER For good cause shown IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT The sealed paragraph of the af davit in the above-titled matter together with the application and this Court s sealing order be kept under seal until further order of the Court IT IS SO ORDERED DATED March 3 2015 HONORABLE MARIA ELENA JAMES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SEALING APPLICATION AND SEALING ORDER Document3 Filed03 25l 15 Page3 of3 PARAGRAPH PROVIDED TO COURT UNDER SEAL I am aware that the federal prosecutors who are prosecuting this case made substantive disclosures to the prosecutors in both the Southern District of New York and the District of Maryland very early on in the government s investigation against FORCE Those disclosures continued throughout this investigation In advance of trial in United States v Ulbricht the Southern District of New York prosecutors took the information concerning the FORCE investigation and disclosed it in a detailed letter ling to the federal judge presiding over that trial Judge Katherine B Forrest Those prosecutors requested permission to provide that disclosure to Ulbricht and his defense team under seal and pursuant to a Protective Order Judge Forrest ordered that disclosure made to Ulbricht and his defense team and the disclosure was made in December 2014 Because of the sensitive nature of the investigation the fact that investigation was still ongoing and subject to the strictures of Fed R Crim P and the fact that FORCE had not worked on the New York Silk Road investigation Judge Forrest ordered that the fact of the FORCE investigation information remain under seal until further order of the Court My understanding from the prosecutors in this Northern District of California case against FORCE and BRIDGES is that as soon as FORCE and BRIDGES are apprehended and or surrender and the Complaint is therefore unsealed the prosecutors in the Southern District of New York will make an application to Judge Forrest to unseal the previously-sealed disclosures that were made to Ulbricht and his defense team However because those matters are sealed and the instant Complaint will become automatically unsealed upon the apprehension and or surrender of FORCE and BRIDGES I seek a separate Protective Order with respect to this Paragraph that is intended for Page 11 of the Af davit I request that this Paragraph remain sealed until further order of this Court The government will submit an unsealing request for this Paragraph immediately upon learning that Judge Forrest has unsealed the underlying documents and materials in the Ulbricht matter A Proposed Order is attached AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 51 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu