United States v. Thomas

MEMORANDUM SUPPORTING ORDER OF RELEASE

BERNARD ZIMMERMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Following a detention hearing, I announced that I was prepared to release Darían Ray Thomas on a $200,000 unsecured bond with a substantial number of conditions co-signed by his parents, his brother, his sister, and a longtime friend. The government objected to these signatories because none of them had completed an affidavit of surety which the government contended is required by Rule 46(e) and because some of the sureties were not financially responsible and they did not have $200,000 in assets. The…