United States v. Madjid Sairafi

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

The district court dismissed the defendant’s indictment for escape on the ground that, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3161(b) (the Speedy Trial Act), the indictment was not filed within thirty days from the date on which defendant was arrested. The government appeals and we reverse.

I

On May 22,1985, while defendant was an inmate at the federal correctional institution at Petersburg, Virginia, he escaped. He boarded a plane destined for Louisiana and was apprehended in Louisiana immediately after the plane landed. The law enforcement officer who seized the defendant…