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AMERICA ORDOÑEZ GONZALEZ DE SAMAYOA does not appear” in the report, and therefore it is not possible
to replace her as requested.198
62.
On February 26, 2004, Ms. Chinchilla wrote a letter to the Judge requesting that “Edgardo
Enríquez Cabrera of the Public Criminal Defender Institute be appointed as her defense counsel, replacing the
private defender that she had had previously.”199 On March 2, 2004 the Judge requested that a new defender
be appointed for Ms. Chinchilla.200
63.
On February 27, 2004, the Director of the COF informed the Judge that Ms. Chinchilla had an
authorized medical appointment but had refused to attend “because the Court had arranged a patrol car to
take her.”201 One of the inmates at the COF said that “sometimes Mrs. María Inés did not want to go to the
hospital because they usually took her in a pickup and because of the wheelchair it was difficult to get her in
the pickup, and sometimes I think that she did not want to go because of her depression.”202
64.
Ms. Chinchilla was taken to the HSJD in an emergency and stayed there from March 1 203 to
March
The Director of the COF reported that she was taken on March 20 to Roosevelt Hospital as an
emergency and that because of “the seriousness of her condition she was admitted.”205
3.204
65.
On April 7, 2004, the duty nurse at the COF reported that the Medical Services Coordinator
and the Comprehensive Healthcare Coordinator ordered that Ms. Chinchilla be moved to the “Infirmary
(Hospitalito) where a better watch could be kept over her and she could be administered her medications at
the times ordered by the doctors for that purpose.” However, Ms. Chinchilla said “that she [did] not want to go
up to the Infirmary” and that she would be better off in her block with her fellow inmates. 206 On April 9, 2004,
the duty nurse at the COF reported the following regarding Ms. Chinchilla's particular needs:
198
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Decision of the Second
Criminal Enforcement Court of February 13, 2004. Page 729. Appendix 8 to the initial petition.
199
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Communication from
Ms. María Inés Chinchilla Sandoval to the Second Criminal Enforcement Court, February 26, 2004. Page 733. Appendix to the
petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005 received on May 31, 2005.
200
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Decision of the Second
Criminal Enforcement Court of March 2, 2004. Page 734. Appendix to the petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005 received
on May 31, 2005.
201
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Communication from
the Director of the COF, February 27, 2004. Page 732. Appendix to the petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005 received on
May 31, 2005.
202
Appendix 7 Affidavit of Osiris Angélica Romano before a notary public. Appendix to the representatives’ brief of
April 16, 2006.
203
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Communication from
the Director of the COF, March 3, 2004. Page 735. Appendix to the petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005 received on
May 31, 2005.
204
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Communication from
the Director of the COF, March 4, 2004. Page 736. Appendix to the petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005 received on
May 31, 2005.
205
Appendix 5. Certification of final decision 429-96. Judiciary Final Decision No. 429-96 OF- 7º Decision of the Second
Criminal Enforcement Court of March 22, 2004. Page 742. Appendix to the petitioner’s communication of May 26, 2005
received on May 31, 2005.
206
Appendix 8. Female Orientation Center. Communication from the duty nurse to the Director / Deputy Director of
the COF. April 7, 2004. Appendix 7 to the State’s brief of July 13, 2010.