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Parties Involved:
Jerald Jay Logg
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff, 

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Jerald Jay Logg, 

Defendant. 

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CR 05-4303M

TEMPORARY DETENTION

ORDER

The Government seeks the detention of Defendant Jerald Jay Logg ("Logg")

upon the grounds that he is a serious flight risk and that no release condition or combination

of conditions exist that would reasonably assure his appearance at future court proceedings.

After considering all the evidence and counsels' proffers, the arguments of both

counsel, the controlling and persuasive authorities on the issues sub judice and all the factors

set forth in 18 U.S.C. §3142(g), the Court FINDS the following to be true by a

preponderance of the evidence.

1. Logg is a 23 year old Native American who is a lifelong residence of Ft.

Defiance, Arizona with substantial family ties to that community.

2. Logg has only partially completed the ninth grade and was expelled from

Holbrook High School for drinking alcohol.

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3. Logg has a work history as a firefighter during the summers from 2000 to 2004

and was employed by Quality Inn in Window Rock, Arizona, at or shortly before his arrest

on November 10, 2005.

4. Logg is charged with Burglary in the Third Degree by unlawfully entering a

nonresidential structure, a gallery, wherein he stole certain Indian rugs and jewelry. The

estimated loss is between $10,000 and $12,000.

5. Burglary in the Third Degree is not a crime of violence. United States v.

Mathews, 374 F.3d 872 (9th Cir. 2005); United States v. Wenner, 351 F.3d 969 (9th

Cir.2003). Because the crime charged in the Complaint is not a "crime of violence" as

defined in 18 U.S.C. §3156(a)(4) for purposes of the Bail Reform Act, the Court is precluded

from considering whether Logg should be detained as a danger to the community. United

States v. Byrd, 969 F.2d 106 (1992).

6. Logg is currently on federal probation for a conviction of Theft, a Class D

felony, in No. CR-03-177-PCT-JAT. Logg was sentenced on October 10, 2003 to three years

probation and is currently supervised by USPO Josephine Begay. To date, no petition to

revoke Logg's probation has been filed. During the course of this federal prosecution, Logg

was released with conditions on January 30, 2003 and appeared at all court proceedings as

ordered.

7. The November 14, 2005 PTS Report indicates that on November 10, 2005,

Logg admitted to Ms. Begay that he used methamphetamine. Today, Logg denies that usage

or that he told Ms. Begay that he had recently used methamphetamine.

8. The November 17, 2005 PTS Report indicates that Logg has attempted suicide

on four occasions and has been on different mental health medications until recently. Logg

may need continued mental health counseling and treatment.

The Court is mindful that "only in rare circumstances should release be denied,"

Sellers v. United States, 89 S.Ct. 36, 38, 21 L.Ed.2d 64 (1968) (Black, J., in chambers);

United States v. Motamedi, 767 F.2d at 1407, and "doubts regarding the propriety of release

should be resolved in favor of the defendant." Herzog v. United States, 75 S.Ct. 349, 351, 99

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L.Ed. 1299 (1955); United States v. McGill, 604 F.2d 1252, 1255 (9th Cir.1979), cert.

denied, 444 U.S. 1035, 100 S.Ct. 708, 62 L.Ed.2d 671 (1980). Additionally, the Bail Reform

Act also mandates release of a person facing trial under "the least restrictive" condition or

combination of conditions that will reasonably assure the appearance of the person as

required. 18 U.S.C. § 3142(c)(2) (1984); United States v. Motamedi, 767 F.2d at1407[“we

are not unmindful of the presumption of innocence and its corollary that the right to bail

should be denied only for the strongest of reasons, citing Truong Dinh Hung v. United States,

439 U.S. 1326, 1329 (1978)]. Alienage is also a factor which may be taken into account, but

by itself cannot be determinative. Motamedi, 767 F.2d at 1408.

 Opportunity to flee is not enough to justify detention as the Bail Reform Act does

not seek ironclad guarantees. United States v. Himler, 797 F.2d 156 (3rd Cir. 1986). The

requirement that the conditions of release “reasonably assure” a defendant’s appearance

cannot be read to require guarantees against flight. United States v. Chen, 820 F. Supp. 1205,

1208 (N.D. Cal. 1992).

The Government's burden of proof for purposes of detention is not trivial. The

Bail Reform Act requires the Government to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that

the Malhamdary poses a "serious" flight risk. 18 U.S.C. §3142(f)(2)(A)("a serious risk that

such person will flee;"); United States v. Gebro, 948 F.2d 1118, 1121 (9th Cir. 1991). It has

failed to do so in this case on the evidence presented.

Based upon a balancing of the aforesaid detention factors and all the evidence and

proffers presented at the subject detention hearings,

The Court FINDS that the Court needs additional information to properly rule

upon the issue of detention.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Pretrial Services have Logg screened as a possible

candidate for placement at Native American Connections and report back to this Court in

writing whether Logg was found acceptable for placement in that facility.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that USPO Josephine Begay provide the

undersigned with a written report of her recommendations for release or detention and the

basis for them by November 30, 2005.

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that upon receipt of the aforesaid written

information, the undersigned will set another detention hearing for a ruling on the

government's motion to detain Logg.

 DATED this 17th day of November, 2005.

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