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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. 

LAUL HABTAI,

Defendant.

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Case No. CR05-0316-JLR-JPD 

DETENTION ORDER 

Offenses charged:

Count 1: Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base and Cocaine in violation of 21

U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), 841(b)(1)(c), and 21 U.S.C. § 846.

Count 2: Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§§ 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Count 3: Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Date of Detention Hearing: November 1, 2005.

The Court, having conducted a detention hearing pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), and

based upon the factual findings and statement of reasons for detention hereafter set forth,

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finds: 

FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR DETENTION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e), there is a rebuttable presumption that defendant is a

flight risk and a danger to the community based on the nature of the pending charges. 

Defendant has failed to overcome this presumption because he has:

(1) failed to appear on several occasions;

(2) serious substance-abuse issues;

(3) a substantial criminal-history background;

(4) an unstable living environment; and

(5) multiple arrests for the same violations, showing an unwillingness to follow

directions.

 As a result, no conditions or combination of conditions are apparent that will

reasonably assure the safety of the community or the defendant’s appearance at future Court

hearings.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:

(1) Defendant shall be detained pending trial and committed to the custody of the

Attorney General for confinement in a correction facility separate, to the

extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in

custody pending appeal;

(2) Defendant shall be afforded reasonable opportunity for private consultation

with counsel;

(3) On order of a court of the United States or on request of an attorney for the

government, the person in charge of the corrections facility in which

defendant is confined shall deliver the defendant to a United States Marshal

for the purpose of an appearance in connection with a court proceeding; and

(4) The Clerk shall direct copies of this Order to counsel for the United States, to

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counsel for the defendant, to the United States Marshal, and to the United

States Pretrial Services Officer.

DATED this 1st day of November, 2005.

AJAMES P. DONOHUE

United States Magistrate Judge 

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