Overview

• U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett signed an order on August 4 directing MDC Brooklyn to provide Mangione with a government-prepared laptop for daily use from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week.
• The device will be restricted to case-related documents and videos and disabled from accessing internet, printers and wireless networks.
• Mangione’s attorneys argued shared jail desktops could not handle more than seven terabytes of discovery materials and cited a precedent granting a similar laptop to inmate Sean “Diddy” Combs.
• Prosecutors opposed the request, noting existing desktop access and expressing concerns about security and past disputes over medical-record disclosures and monitored attorney-client calls.
• Accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges that include murder, terrorism and stalking and could face the death penalty.