it's also possible that the Feds are getting ready to hit him with something bigger and they want him in prison when they do it (hmmmm, who has a retrial coming up that might have something to trade?).
Bingo.
MORGAN: Why didn't you fight him at the park if you wanted to? I'm not goin' now, I'm eatin' my snack. CHUCKIE: Morgan, Let's go. MORGAN: I'm serious Chuckie, I ain't goin'. WILL: So don't go.