Source: http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/category/bail/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 16:32:41+00:00

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If you’re looking for some inspiring beach reading this weekend, look no further than this opinion in United States v. Paulino. On appeal by the government, S.D.N.Y. Judge Andrew Carter upheld the Magistrate’s decision to set bail in Mr. Paulino’s case. The government appealed to the Second Circuit, which remanded with instructions for Judge Carter to elaborate his rationale for granting bail. Today, he issued this memorandum opinion discussing the history of bail in American courts; the presumptions, burdens and standards of proof that apply to bail decisions; and how imposing conditions of release can mitigate the risk of flight and danger to the community.
Today Judge Vitaliano (EDNY) dismissed an indictment with prejudice after ruling that the government must choose between (1) complying with the Bail Reform Act or (2) continuing to hold the defendant in immigration detention notwithstanding that she had been released on bond. See United States v. Lopez, 17-cr-683 (1/19/18 electronic order).
This decision is the most recent contribution to a string of “Trujillo” decisions, see United States v. Trujillo-Alvarez, 900 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (D. Or. 2012). For practitioners’ convenience, this blog will maintain an updated list of all Trujillo decisions in the EDNY and SDNY. If you are aware of any decided cases that are not on this list, please contact our office.
In the first decision of its kind within the Second Circuit, Judge Caproni in the SDNY held that once a defendant has met the conditions of release imposed under the Bail Reform Act, ICE cannot detain that defendant unless it is actually taking steps to remove him. You can read the opinion in United States v. Galitsa, 17 Cr. 324 (VEC), here.
There were three summary orders from the circuit today.
Remanded again: In United States v. White, the circuit reaffirmed that the district court must consider material post-sentencing conduct when resentencing a defendant. Ms. White’s case had already been remanded by the circuit once before because the district judge did not make factual findings to support a sentence enhancement. At the resentencing, the district court made ambiguous comments suggesting that it was ignoring her post-sentencing rehabilitation. The circuit, therefore, sent Ms. White’s case back to the district judge again. This time, the judge must consider whether the evidence of Ms. White’s rehabilitation merited a reduced term of supervised release.
The underlying case involved a massive oil contract fraud orchestrated by Scheringer. Gowing was an attorney who represented Scheringer in a civil fraud suit, who eventually joined the fraud. Although he initially refused to invest or refer others to the scheme, he eventually helped solicit funds from victims. Both defendants had been released on bail by 2006, but continued to engage in the scheme. Calls recorded by the government in 2008 captured them speaking about obtaining more money from victims. Even after Scheringer was remanded in 2009, his prison calls reflected Gowing’s efforts to continue raising money from victims.
United States v. English, No. 10-3258-cr (2d Cir. January 18, 2011) (Kearse, Winter, Hall, CJJ).
The defendants in this case, charged with narcotics and firearms offenses, sought bail from a magistrate and two district judges. Each time they were ordered detained. This opinion is the result of their effort to get the circuit to release them. The circuit affirmed.
The defendants were arrested in April of 2010. They faced a twenty-plus kilogram cocaine conspiracy charge and two firearms offenses. They first sought bail from a magistrate judge. At the hearing, the AUSA cited several factors indicating that the defendants were a danger, including characterizing a gun recovered from the defendants’ stash house as appearing to be a machine gun. The magistrate ordered the defendants detained finding that they had not overcome the presumption that they posed a danger to the community.

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