Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 29, 1971No. A-145PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Douglas,
Circuit Justice.
This is an application for bail pending appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Both the District Court and the Court of Appeals have previously denied similar applications, and their action is entitled to great deference. Reynolds v. United States, 80 S. Ct. 30, 4 L. Ed. 2d 46 (1959). Nevertheless, “where the reasons for the action below clearly appear, a Circuit Justice has a non-delegable responsibility to make an independent determination of the merits of the application.” Id., at 32, 4 L. Ed. 2d, at 48. Fed. Rule Crim. Proc. 46 (a) (2);…
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