United States v. Robert L. Companion

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from an order denying a motion to dismiss the Government’s petition for revocation of probation and revoking appellant’s probation. Appellant complains on appeal that he was not afforded the preliminary probable cause hearing mandated by Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 781-82, 93 S.Ct. 1756, 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973), and that he was not taken before the court for the district having jurisdiction over him “[a]s speedily as possible after arrest,” as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3653, the statute governing probation revocation. As the court with jurisdiction over…