United States v. Blasini-Lluberas

ORDER OF COURT

Defendant has moved for a stay of execution of his sentence and for release on bail pending appeal from his conviction. Defendant filed a similar motion for release pending appeal in the district court on February 23, 1998. The district court motion was denied on May 13, 1998, and defendant was ordered to commence his prison term on May 22,1998.

On the basis of the sketchy record before us, it appears that the district court failed to “state in writing, or orally on the record, the reasons” for its decision to deny bail. Fed. R.App. P. 9(a) (1994); see also Fed. R.App. P. 9(b)…