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Date Created: 2023-08-15 00:00:31.668225+00
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Case: 23-50534        Document: 00516857071             Page: 1      Date Filed: 08/14/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                            FILED
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                                                                                 August 14, 2023
                                      No. 23-50534                                   Lyle W. Cayce
                                    _____________                                         Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Erika Giselle Martinez,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
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                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 2:21-CR-733-2
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   Before Dennis, Engelhardt, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Erika Giselle Martinez appeals the order of the district court denying
   her motion to extend her self-surrender date to allow time for the appeal of
   her conviction to be resolved. A request for a self-surrender date, or
   extension thereof, is a request for release on bail pending execution of
   sentence or pending appeal, as the case may be, under 18 U.S.C. § 3143. See,
   e.g., United States v. Roeder, 807 F. App’x 157, 159-61 (3d Cir. 2020). Since

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50534      Document: 00516857071           Page: 2   Date Filed: 08/14/2023

                                     No. 23-50534

   Martinez is seeking an extension of her self-surrender date to allow time for
   the appeal of her conviction to play out, she is seeking release on bail pending
   appeal under § 3143(b). Rule 9(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate
   Procedure provides “[t]he district court must state in writing, or orally on
   the record, the reasons for an order regarding the release or detention of a
   defendant in a criminal case.” See Fed. R. App. P. 9(b) (applying the
   requirements of subsection (a) to requests for release after judgment of
   conviction). Here, the district court provided neither oral nor written reasons
   for its denial. Accordingly, we REMAND to the district court for the limited
   purpose of providing written reasons for the denial.

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