United States v. Herrera

FITZWATER, District Judge.

This appeal from an order of the magistrate judge dismissing a petition of a pretrial services officer for action on conditions of pretrial release presents the question whether the attorney for the government alone has the authority to initiate a proceeding for revocation of an order of pretrial release. Concluding in this case of apparent first impression that only the attorney for the government possesses such authority, the magistrate judge’s order is AFFIRMED.

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A grand jury indicted defendant Kiamesha Herrera (“Herrera”) for wire fraud. Following her arrest, the…