Please dial in to tomorrow's status conference at 10 am. It will be held by video but Public audio access is available. Dial toll free number 88-684-8852 and access code: 6427877#
We really appreciate everyone's continued support.

THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION STANDS BEHIND YOUNG LAWYERS COLLINFORD MATTIS AND UROOJ RAHMAN. - mailchi.mp/a0c33b63ea63/t…

Technical issues apparently prevented us from hearing the status conference in Urooj Rahman and Colin Mattis' case this morning, but the US Attorney's Office indicates it was a typical discovery check-in. Next conference will be Sept 17

There seems to have been some technical issue with the court’s phone system. It seems today’s proceeding began and ended, and we were not able to listen in. We appreciate you all for calling in. We’ll provide whatever updates we can when we have them.

Please stay on the line, we’re just waiting for the judge to arrive/begin.

Please remember to mute your phone once you call in. Thank you!

Tomorrow morning!

Please tune in to Urooj and Colin’s next court appearance on 7/15 at 9:45am. Information is below. We so appreciate everyone’s support!

Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman are facing 45 years for an action that hurt no one.

They are not alone. People are routinely subjected to draconian sentences as a result of mandatory minimums.

Mandatory minimums must be eliminated!
nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opi…

The story of Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman is just one example of how many senseless mandatory minimum penalties — blind to the facts of a case and the stories of the individual defendants — remain enshrined in law and must be changed.

nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opi…

This is ridiculous. Drop the charges against @uroojrahman_is and @colinmattis_is! #DropTheCharges

“Dystopian nightmare” is exactly how we feel about this too. #DropTheCharges

'The msg that prosecutors send to them... is clear: If you consider exercising your... right to trial, we will seek penalties that are so excessive that you will think twice, because we have the power to take sentencing authority away from the judiciary.' nyti.ms/38qGRQM

'The 45-yr mandatory min. penalty Mr. Mattis and Ms. Rahman face is part of an all too familiar pattern of prosecution. The goal is to coerce people to plead guilty to charges carrying harsh sentences in exchange for the dismissal of charges that mandate unconscionable ones.'