The United States filed a response opposing defendant Traian Bujduveanu's emergency motion for furlough. The government argued that the court does not have authority to grant furloughs, as that power rests solely with the Bureau of Prisons. The defendant should direct his request to the Bureau of Prisons instead of the court. As such, the government requested that the court deny the defendant's emergency motion for furlough.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Case No. 08-20612-CR-SEITZ
Magistrate Judge John J. O’Suliivan
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
vs.
TRAIAN BUJDUVEANU,
Defendant.
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GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT
TRAIAN BUJDUVEANU’S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR FURLOUGH
The United States of America, through undersigned counsel, files this Response to Defendant
Bujduveanu’s Emergency Motion for Furlough, filed October 30, 2008 (D.E.105). For the reasons
that follow, this Court should deny the defendant's Motion.
Defendant Bujduveanu, who is presently being held at the Federal Detention Center in
pretrial detention, has filed an Emergency Motion seeking permission from the Court for a brief
furlough to visit his ailing mother.
Authority to grant furloughs to federal inmates is solely within the jurisdiction of the
Director of the United States Bureau of Prisons. 18 U.S.C. § 3622. The United States Courts are,
therefore, not the appropriate venue for such a request. The defendant should direct his request to
the United States Bureau of Prisons.

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Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the United States respectfully requests that this Court deny
Defendant Bujduveanu’s Emergency Motion for Furlough.
Respectfully submitted,
R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
By: S/ Melissa Damian
MELISSA DAMIAN
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Fla. Bar No. 0068063
99 N.E. 4th Street, Suite 600
Miami, Florida 33132
Telephone: (305) 961-9018
Facsimile: (305) 536-4675
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on November 3, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk
of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send a notice of electronic filing to Mark
Eiglarsh, counsel for Defendant Traian Bujduveanu.
Melissa Damian
Assistant United States Attorney
S/ Melissa Damian
Melissa Damian
Assistant United States Attorney
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