Overview

• The filing centers on a declaration from Mikeal Glenn Stine, a terminally ill Aryan Brotherhood member who says three high-ranking Bureau of Prisons officials offered him freedom in exchange for killing Kelly after transferring him into the singer’s unit in March.
• Kelly is serving a combined 31-year federal sentence at FCI Butner Medium INorth Carolina for racketeering, sex trafficking and child pornography, with his earliest release projected for 2045.
• Attorneys say they recently learned of a second Aryan Brotherhood inmate who was directed by officials to kill both Kelly and Stine to suppress the whistleblowing.
• Lead counsel Beau Brindley argues that Keller’s continued incarceration under a credible death threat amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and justifies temporary home confinement.
• Kelly’s legal team plans to seek a presidential pardon from Donald Trump should the emergency release motion be denied.