Legal Opinion

United States v. Pagán-Rodríguez

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 31, 2010No. 08-1516PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises an issue as to the district court’s authority to postpone indefinitely the holding of a supervised release revocation hearing. We conclude that the court below unreasonably delayed the holding of the hearing, but that its error was harmless. Accordingly, we affirm.

The facts are straightforward. On October 8, 1993, the district court sentenced defendant-appellant Eduardo Pagán-Rodriguez to a 120-month prison term following his conviction for a federal drug-trafficking offense. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The court simultaneously imposed a five-year term…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. United States v. Osvaldo Rodriguez-MoralesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
  3. United States v. PiperCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. RondeauCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005

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