There are two new developments in the case of United States of America v. Robert Felner.

In the first, an agreed order for the interlocutory (made during the progress of a legal action) sale of Felner’s waterfront home in St. James City/Lee County, Florida has been filed in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky.

Here’s an excerpt:

Robert Felner, owner of record of property located at 3024 Sloop Lane, St. James City, Lee County, Florida, and the Plaintiff, hereby agree to the interlocutory sale of the real property, subject to forfeiture in this case, under the terms stated herin. The Court being sufficiently advised, that upon the sale of the real property located at 3024 Sloop Lane, St. James City, Lee County, Florida, it is hereby ordered:

1. That the Clerk, United States District Court, or its designee, take custody of the net proceeds of the sale of the real property …

2. The net proceeds shall be remitted to the custody and control of the Clerk, United States District Court and held in the Registry Account pending final adjudication or further order of the Court.

3. Plaintiff and owner agree that the purchase price of $240,000.00 for the property is fair market value. The are no known mortgages or liens on the property. $217,510.62 represents the net proceeds realized from the sale of the property.

You may read the entire order by clicking here. (Warning: PDF Link)

For purposes of understand just how valuable the property is, take a look at the images we pulled from Google Maps’ Street View:

The second order filed in court deals with Robert Felner’s request to have access to the 20,000 or so pages of “discovery material” prior to his trial. This material is referred to as Jencks Act material. (Jencks material is used in federal prosecution the US. Favors the government’s prosecution. Requires that the governor be required to produce a verbatim statement or report made by a government witness or prospective witness, but not until after the witness has testified. Also includes things like police notes, memos, reports, summaries, letters, transcripts and such.)

Let’s take a look:

The established rule in the Sixth Circuit is that the United States “may not be compelled to disclose Jenks (sic) Act material before trial.” The defendant seeks early disclosure despite this authority, requesting that the court exercise its discretion for purposes of judicial efficiency and fairness.

In support of his request, Felner urges that because this case involves “the intricacies of interstate fraud and taxation, complex areas of law,” and also “entails a substantial amount of discovery.”

The court believes that early disclosure of Jenks (sic) Act material might alleviate the concerns raised by the defendant. The fact that the United States has produced over 20,000 pages of documents in discovery makes for intensive pretrial work.

Felner raises the possibility of lengthy delays and/or continuances to seek out rebuttal witnesses. This is merely a possibility. The court may not, however, order pretrial Jenks (sic) disclosures under existing Sixth Circuit precedent even if such disclosures would make the trial smoother. Further, the defendant is not entitled to a witness list for the United States.

The United States encouraged, however, to voluntarily provide some or all of the Jenks (sic) Act materials in advance of the witnesses’ testimony.

For the reasons set forth herein and the court being otherwise sufficiently advised, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the motion of the defendant, Robert Felner, for pretrial disclosure of Jenks (sic) Act materials is DENIED.

Read the entire order by clicking here. (Warning: PDF Link)

This is part 90,328,492,384 in the never ending Robert Felner Saga.