Overview

• On August 4, U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett signed an order directing the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to equip Luigi Mangione with a government-prepared laptop for seven-day-a-week access from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The laptop will be stripped of internet, printer, and wireless capabilities and loaded exclusively with non-sensitive case documents and videos provided by prosecutors.
• Mangione faces four federal charges, including capital murder and terrorism enhancements for the December 2024 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, alongside 11 state counts.
• Defense attorneys argued that shared jail computers were insufficient to handle over 7 terabytes of discovery material needed for trial preparation and assistance in his defense.
• The ruling mirrors MDC Brooklyn’s precedent of issuing discovery laptops to detainees and allows the Bureau of Prisons to request security or operational modifications through prosecutors.