United States v. Antonio Jose Hurtado, Mark Anthony Olson, Diego Alonzo Flores-Soto, Hector Albert Rua and Jose Pita Andrade

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This matter makes it appropriate that we render for this Circuit a first interpretation of the provisions of the Bail Reform Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C.A. § 3141 et seq. (1985). For the reasons stated herein, we find that the petitioners have demonstrated procedural error sufficient to require that we GRANT the motion for review of the order below and that we REVERSE and REMAND this matter for further consideration in light of the principles we today articulate.

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In August of this year a light airplane arrived at the airport in Sylvania, Georgia. Federal…