Overview

• Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella sought the delay in a filing to Judge Frederic Block, moving the response date from August 18 to September 15 with defense consent.
• Prosecutors said the added time is needed to coordinate with the Bureau of Prisons, the Metropolitan Correctional Center and enforcement operations.
• Defense counsel asks the court to lift Special Administrative Measures, end restrictive confinement and transfer Rafael Caro Quintero to a less restrictive unit at the MCC.
• Defense filings describe a windowless cell with constant lighting, meals passed through a door slot, no exercise, poor air conditioning and insufficient clothing or blankets.
• Proceedings are in Brooklyn federal court, where Caro Quintero has pleaded not guilty; recent reports said no death‑penalty request was pursued, and ICE separately announced a $10 million reward for Iván Archivaldo Guzmán.