Pretrial detention
Scott v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Jamar Scott asks the Supreme Court to review his pretrial detention, arguing that the government gave no statutory basis, the judge made no required flight-or-obstruction finding and continued the hearing without a request, and his review motion went undecided for about three months.
- Who it affects
- Scott received no Supreme Court ruling on whether the process for his pretrial detention complied with federal law.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The dispute concerns federal rules for when a judge may hold someone before trial and how quickly a court must decide a motion to review detention.
Question presented
1. Whether a defendant be subjected to pretrial detention where, at the initial appearance, the Government requested detention without identifying a statutory ground under 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), and the judicial officer did not make the threshold determination that the case involved a serious risk of flight or obstruction necessary to authorize a detention hearing under § 3142(f)? 2. Whether, in determining whether a detention proceeding was conducted pursuant to § 3142(f), a court may disregard the combined effect of the absence of a threshold § 3142(f) determination and a sua sponte continuance of the detention hearing that neither party requested? 3. Whether permitting a motion for review of pretrial detention to remain undecided for approximately three months is consistent with 18 U.S.C. § 3145(b), which commands that such a motion shall be determined promptly?
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