Opinion ID: 518486
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Application of Section 3161(h)(1)(F) to Pretrial Motions for Detention Review

Text: 19 Appellants first attack the propriety of excluding days for motions dealing with detention review. Lenz' detention review motion was pending on September 18 and 19. 20 This court has not decided whether section 3161(h)(1)(F) covers such motions. However, the Fifth and Sixth Circuits, the only courts to address the issue, have found them to be excludable. See United States v. Castellano, 848 F.2d 63, 65 (5th Cir.1988) (defendant's motion); United States v. Bowers, 834 F.2d 607, 609 (6th Cir.1987) (government's motion). Similarly, all courts deciding the issue have held analogous bond review motions excludable. United States v. Savoca, 739 F.2d 220, 223 (6th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 852, 106 S.Ct. 153, 88 L.Ed.2d 126 (1985) (22 days); United States v. Severdija, 723 F.2d 791, 793 (11th Cir.1984) (1 day). Further, nothing in the legislative history suggests this court should reach a contrary result. H.R.Rep. No. 1508, 93d Cong., 2d Sess., reprinted in 1974 U.S. CODE CONG. & AD. NEWS 7401, 7414-15; A. Partridge, Legislative History of Title I of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (Fed. Judicial Center 1980). Accordingly, the two days consumed by Lenz's detention review motion are properly excluded. 21