Opinion ID: 439957
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Heading: Anthony DiPasquale's Speedy Trial Act Claim.

Text: 67 Anthony DiPasquale contends that the district court erred in denying his motion for dismissal under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. Secs. 3161-3174 (1976 & Supp. III). Section 3161(c) mandates dismissal if trial does not commence within 70 days of the later of the filing of the indictment or the defendant's first appearance before a judicial officer of the court in which such charges are pending, unless the excess days can be excluded under section 3161(h). United States v. Novak, 715 F.2d 810, 812 (3d Cir.1983), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 104 S.Ct. 1293, 79 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984). 68 The seventy-day period to trial began to run when Anthony was arraigned. See United States v. Carrasquillo, 667 F.2d 382, 384 (3d Cir.1981). Considerably less than seventy days after Anthony's arraignment, John and Peter Serubo filed a notice of appeal from the disqualification of their counsel. 11 Anthony's counsel conceded in his oral argument to this court that the time during the pendency of the Serubos' interlocutory appeal was excludable from Anthony's seventy-day period to trial. See 18 U.S.C. Secs. 3161(h)(1)(E) (exclusion for interlocutory appeals), 3161(h)(7) (exclusion based on a codefendant's exclusion); see also Novak, 715 F.2d at 814-15. 69 The interlocutory appeal was still pending on July 2, 1982, when Anthony filed his motion to dismiss under the Speedy Trial Act. Therefore, there was no violation of the Act when Anthony filed his motion to dismiss. Subsequent delays are not at issue. See Novak, 715 F.2d at 821. We conclude that the district court correctly denied Anthony's motion to dismiss. 12 70