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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
v.  
 
PATRICIA BROWNE and CLIVE 
ANTHONY CONNELL, JR., 
 
 Defendants.  
 
 
 
 Criminal Action No. 
 1:24-cr-327-VMC-JKL 
 
ORDER 
 This matter is scheduled for trial on March 24, 2026. (Doc. 124). On February 
19, 2026, Ms. Browne filed a Second Motion to Suppress Statements (“Second 
Motion”) (Doc. 136). Ms. Browne did not seek leave to file or provide an 
explanation for why she did not file the Se cond Motion earlier. The Court held a 
telephone conference and explained that consideration of the Second Motion in its 
entirety would result in decertification of the case and a continuance of the trial . 
The Government agreed that decertification would be appropriate but also argued 
that the Second Motion should be denied as untimely. Ms. Browne’s counsel asked 
for time to discuss the Second Motion with their client, which the Court allowed , 
and to brief the untimeliness issue . On February 25, 2026, Ms. Browne’s counsel 
requested that the Court decertify the case.  
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It is therefore ORDERED that this case is DECERTIFIED AS READY FOR 
TRIAL and Ms. Browne’s Second Motion to Suppress  Statements (Doc. 137), 
including whether it should be denied as untimely, is REFERRED to Magistrate 
Judge John K. Larkins, III for consideration. It is  
FURTHER ORDERED that the trial currently set for March 24, 2026 is 
CONTINUED to a date to be determined later. It is  
FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Clive Anthony Connell, Jr.’s Motion 
to Modify Trial Date (Doc. 136) is DENIED as moot.  
Finally, the Court ADOPTS in its entirety as the Order of the Court , Judge 
Larkins’s Supplemental Report and Recommendation (Doc. 133) recommending 
that Ms. Browne’s Motion to Suppress Cell -Site Locational Data (Doc. 72) be 
DENIED as moot in light of the government’s assurances that it does not intend 
to introduce historical cell-site data at trial.   
SO ORDERED this 25th day of February, 2026. 
 
       _______________________________ 
       Victoria Marie Calvert   
       United States District Judge 
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