Overview

• In a letter dated July 15 and filed August 5 in Brooklyn federal court, Guzmán asked Judge Brian Cogan to enforce his mid-June order allowing legal visits.
• Guzmán contends ADX Florence has blocked visits and phone calls with his newly appointed attorney, José Israel Encinosa of Holland & Knight.
• He reports that two letters sent by Encinosa weeks earlier remain undelivered, hampering his ability to prepare a defense.
• Under the judge’s expected review, the Bureau of Prisons must now justify any continued restrictions on his legal communications.
• Human rights observers are monitoring the case for potential due process concerns in maximum-security confinement.