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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Sidney Ray Williams
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-11373

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff−Appellee,

versus

SIDNEY RAY WILLIAMS,

Defendant−Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

No. 3:19-CR-159-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Sidney Williams is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 

5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 24, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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felon and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He appeals an order denying his motion to revoke a

pretrial detention order.

“Absent an error of law,” we uphold a pretrial-detention order “if it is 

supported by the proceedings below, a deferential standard of review that we 

equate to the abuse-of-discretion standard.” United States v. Rueben, 974 F.2d 

580, 586 (5th Cir. 1992) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). The 

proceedings in the district court support its conclusion that no condition or

combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community 

based on the nature and circumstances of the offenses charged, Williams’s history and characteristics, and the nature and seriousness of the danger that his 

release would pose. See 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g).

The order denying revocation is AFFIRMED.

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