United States v. Robert E. Bratcher

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the appealability of a pretrial order under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq. Subject to a number of circumstances that produce “excluded time,” the Speedy Trial Act requires generally that the trial of a defendant begin within seventy days from the date of indictment and not less than thirty days from the defendant’s first appearance to answer criminal charges. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1), (2). In this case the defendant seeks to appeal a district court order dismissing a superseding indictment without prejudice, contending that it should have…