ORDER

PAUL G. GARDEPHE, District Judge.

It is hereby ORDERED that a hearing will take place in this action on Friday, February 21, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 705 of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, New York, to discuss Defendant's conditions of confinement at Kingsbrook Hospital and why he has not been transferred to a Bureau of Prisons institution, despite the fact that he was sentenced on December 16, 2019 — more than two months ago.

The Court issued an order on November 20, 2019, directing that the U.S. Marshal Service and Kingsbrook Hospital ensure, among other things, that the Defendant receives food he can consume, that he be allowed to make two thirty-minute personal calls per week, and that he be provided with writing implements, paper, and stamped envelopes addressed to Federal Defenders of New York. Defendant contends that this order has been violated. Defendant further contends that he has been denied properly prescribed medication and has not received necessary medical care and treatment. The Government will arrange for appropriate personnel from the U.S. Marshal Service, the Bureau of Prisons, and Kingsbrook Hospital to attend the February 21, 2020 hearing to address Defendant's claim that the Court's order is not being complied with.

It has been obvious since December 16, 2019, that the Defendant's serious medical needs would be best addressed in an appropriate Bureau of Prisons medical facility. For reasons that have not been explained, that transfer has not taken place over the past two months. The Bureau of Prisons should be prepared to address why that transfer has not taken place and to state, with certainty, when it will take place.

The Court will conduct weekly hearings in this matter until these issues are appropriately resolved.

SO ORDERED.