United States v. Sills

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES v. GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, Case No. 1:21-cr-00040-6 (TNM) Defendant. MEMORANDUM ORDER* Defendant Geoffrey William Sills moves for bail pending the appeal of his conviction and sentence. Mot. Bail Pending Appeal, ECF No. 806. He contends that his appeal raises substantial questions of law likely to result in a meaningfully reduced sentence. Id. at 2. And he alleges that exceptional circumstances render his continued detention inappropriate. Def.’s Response to Order of Ct., ECF No. 824, at 1. Under the applicable statutes,…