ORDER

JAMES C. MAHAN, District Judge.

Presently before the court is defendant Marry Musso's emergency motion to extend turn-in date. (Doc. #80). The court will construe the motion as an emergency motion to continue defendant's self-surrender date.

On February 2, 2015, Ms. Russo plead guilty to count 3 for wire fraud in this case and count 1 for wire fraud in the consolidated case, 2:14-cr-130-JCM-NJK. On June 4, 2015, this court sentenced defendant to serve 51 months concurrently with the sentence in case 2:14-cr-130-JCM-NJK and 3 years of supervised release to run concurrently with the supervised release in case 2:14-cr-130-JCM-NJK. Defendant was ordered to self-surrender to the Bureau of Prisons by 12:00 P.M. on Friday, September 4, 2015.

Defendant now moves, on the eve of her self-surrender, for this court to extend the self-surrender date by 14 to 17 weeks to February of 2016. Ms. Russo indicates that she was recently diagnosed with a nodular lesion in her right lung. Supported by an affidavit from her primary care physician, Dr. Gene Zito, she states that the earliest available appointment for the surgery is September 16, 2015. (Doc. # 80-1). Dr. Zito states that because of the "dangerously invasive" nature of the surgery, she will need a full 14 to 17 weeks of recovery time, depending on whether the growth's potential malignancy requires chemotherapy. Id.).

At sentencing, the court considered Ms. Musso's health condition at the time, and found that the Bureau of Prisons' medical facilities would be capable of providing adequate long and short-term care to Ms. Upon consideration of her instant motion and Dr. Zito's supporting affidavit, the consulted with the Bureau of Prison's (the "bureau") medical staff at FCI Phoenix.

The medical staff at FCI Phoenix reviewed Dr. Zito affidavit. Given the inability to review the pertinent medical record and reports related to Ms. Musso's potentially malignant growth, the staff was forced to rely on Dr. Zito's representations. Based on those representations, as well as the bureau's general practice of recommending against interruption against interruption of a course of treatment, the doctors at FCI Phoenix concluded that they believe Ms. Musso's self-surrender would be an inadvisable risk at the time. This is because if Dr. Zito's representations are accurate, the bureau would have to, in essence, start the entire assessment process anew in order to find a provider and schedule the surgery.

The court, however, is skeptical about granting a continuance of over 5 months. The court will instead continue Ms. Musso's self-surrender for 3 months. This provides sufficient time to complete surgery and begin recovery. The court orders Ms. Musso to provide a status report with respect to the surgery, her recovery, and the exact amount of recovery time required once the growth's malignancy is determined. This status report will be due 1 month before defendant's new self-surrender date.

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Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that defendant Mary Musso's emergency motion to continue defendant's self-surrender date be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED with respect to the continuance and DENIED with respect to the length of continuance.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant Mary Musso shall self-surrender to the facility designated by the United States Bureau of Prisons on Friday, December 4, 2015, before 12:00 P.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant Mary Musso shall submit a status report on the result of her surgery and her additional required recovery time by November 4, 2015.