Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 2:35 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 30 granted an insurance fraud defendant’s motion for compassionate release after he contracted COVID-19, finding that the government was unable to show that the warden denied the man’s request for furlough after the defendant was told that the federal correctional institute (FCI) was shutting down (United States v. Raymond R. Pellegrino, No. 18-cr-496, E.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181052)....