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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Plaintiff, ) CASE NO. CR05-172 JLR

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v. )

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) DETENTION ORDER

WESLEY KENNETH CORNETT, )

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Defendant. )

______________________________ )

Offense charged:

Count I: Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, U.S.C., Sections

841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) and 846.

Date of Detention Hearing: May 11, 2005.

 The Court, having conducted an uncontested 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, finds that no condition or combination of conditions which the defendant can meet will

reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant as required and the safety of any other person and

the community. The Government was represented by Ron Friedman and Susan Roe. The defendant

was represented by Robert Leen.

The Government filed a Motion for Detention on the premise of the defendant’s risk of

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flight and danger to the community, offering that the rebuttable presumption applies to the instant

offense.

The defense submits to detention and reserves the right to reconsideration, in light of new

information. 

FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR DETENTION

(1) There is probable cause to believe the defendant committed the drug offense.

The maximum penalty is in excess of ten years. There is therefore a rebuttable

presumption against the defendant’s release based upon both dangerousness

and flight risk, under 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e).

(2) Nothing in this record satisfactorily rebuts the presumption against release for

several reasons: 

(a) The defendant’s personal history, employment history, residence, and

ties to the Western District of Washington are unknown; this, in

combination with the nature of the pending charges, elevates both the

risk of flight and risk of danger to the community;

(b) The defendant submitted to detention.

(3) Based upon the foregoing information which is consistent with the

recommendation of U.S. Pre-trial Services, it appears that there is no condition

or combination of conditions that would reasonably assure future Court

appearances and/or the safety of other persons or the community.

It is therefore ORDERED:

(l) The 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;

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(2) The 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 the

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

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

States Pretrial Services Officer.

DATED this 12th day of May, 2005.

AMONICA J. BENTON

United States Magistrate Judge

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