United States v. Santoro

D. Brock Hornby, United States District Judge

Under the Bail Reform Act, a judicial officer dealing with a request for pretrial or presentence release must assess the defendant's risk of flight and dangerousness. See 18 U.S.C. § 3143(a)(1). But for anyone found guilty of certain crimes, Congress *124has made presentence detention mandatory1 -regardless of that assessment-unless "it is clearly shown that there are exceptional reasons why such person's detention would not be appropriate." 18 U.S.C. § 3145(c). This defendant has pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), a provision that imposes…