United States v. Mohy Mohamed El-Edwy, AKA Mohy Eldin Ahmed, AKA Mohyeldin M. Euclawy, and AKA Mohyeldin M. Eudawy

This appeal considers the power of a district court in the district where a prosecution is pending to enter orders affecting the release or detention of a defendant held in another district to answer the charges.

Defendant-appellant Mohy Mohamed El-Edwy was arrested on April 3, 2001, in the Southern District of New York, for making false statements to officers of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), in connection with his application for United States citizenship, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. United States Magistrate Judge Fox of the Southern District of New…