[Okeydoker]

Brady always applies with or without an order. Sometimes defense asks court for an order but it is mostly for effect. In this case the judge on his own motion also issued a series of orders because he has some doubts whether the plea is legit and he wanted to read the police reports himself and decide if the deft really is guilty. And by issuing the orders he can punish the prosecution if he finds prosecutorial misconduct. Just like he did in the Stevens case.

[stylin19a]

thanx. Good call.
I dug a little deeper. Looks like he doesn't want the Stevens fiasco to ever happen again on any of his cases.

Sullivan enters identical standing orders as a matter of course in all of his criminal cases, as he explained in a 2016 Cardozo Law Review article: “Following the Stevens case, I have issued a standing Brady Order for each criminal case on my docket, updating it in reaction to developments in the law.”

http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/19/michael-flynns-plea-reversal-uncover-federal-corruption/