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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3>URGENT<br><br>
Via facsimile
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3>May 17,
2010
<br><br>
Harley G. Lappin <br>
</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Director, Federal Bureau of
Prisons<br>
320 First St., NW,<br>
Washington, DC 20534<br><br>
re: emergency furlough<br><br>
Oscar
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez Rivera, 87651-024<br>
FCI Terre Haute<br><br>
Dear Director Lappin:<br><br>
We write to ask that you allow Oscar
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez Rivera an emergency furlough, to
travel to the<br>
bedside of his sister, Clara
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez Rivera, who is in the intensive
care unit at Hospital Buen<br>
Samaritano in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. At age 73, she has just suffered
two heart attacks, which is<br>
significant given that she underwent open heart surgery in 2007, and
given that she has diabetes.<br>
She is in a very delicate state.<br><br>
Mrs.
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez has been a formative force in his
life. The two siblings were the first of the<br>
family to migrate to the United States, when she was the oldest, and he
was the baby. It has been<br>
her wish to live long enough to enjoy life with her little brother upon
his release from prison. Since<br>
his release date is 2023, and since her health is precarious, this
furlough may be the last time she<br>
will get to see her brother. The family, which is very close, and has
managed, beyond all odds, to<br>
maintain very close relations with Mr.
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez throughout his 29 years in U.S.
custody, is prepared<br>
to pay for his travel as well as the expenses for staff who would
accompany him.<br><br>
We strongly urge you to extend to this family the humanitarian gesture of
allowing Mr.<br>
L</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>ó</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>pez to see attend to his sister’s
hospital bedside. Time is of the essence.<br><br>
Very truly yours,<br><br>
Name<br>
City/State<br><br>
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