Ciccolo Case Heads Back to Court in July
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — It will be at least mid-July before attorneys are back in federal court in the case of an Adams man accused of terrorism.
Back in February, U.S. Magistrate Judge Katherine Robertson scheduled June 20 for the next status conference in the case of the United States vs. Alexander Ciccolo.
But according to documents on file in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Ciccolo's attorney requested a continuance until "July 11, 12, or 13," stemming from a confusion on a procedural matter in the discovery process.
According to a motion filed May 23 by Northampton attorney David Hoose, Ciccolo's counsel was "initially confused as to whether a Motion to Compel needed to be filed given the Government's filing of a [Classified Information Procedures Act] pleading."
The confusion led to a delay that saw Ciccolo's team file the motion to compel on May 23, and the U.S. Attorney's Office subequently asked for time to respond to the motion.
The government did not oppose Hoose' motion asking for the change from the June 20 date.
Robertson responded with a May 25 memo announcing that a hearing on the defendant's discovery motion will be held on July 14, and she further extended the time period excluded from the federal Speedy Trial Act to Aug. 11.
"[S]uch a date representing a reasonably prompt disposition of the pending motion," Robertson wrote.
Ciccolo was arrested July 4, 2015, on a federal weapons charge. It became apparent at his arraignment that the FBI was looking at him as a suspected terrorist.
In June 2016, nearly a year after his arrest, the indictment against him was amended to include a charge that Ciccolo, also known as Ali Al Amriki, "did knowingly attempt to use a weapon of mass destruction."
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