United States v. Mahmood Khan Lodhi

BY THE COURT:

Mahmood Khan Lodhi’s motion for release pending appeal is DENIED. The provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3143 and Fed.R.App.P. 9(b), which govern the release and detention of a defendant pending sentence or appeal from a judgment of conviction, do not apply to appeals from orders revoking supervised release. Release pending appeal of an order revoking supervised release will be granted only upon a showing of exceptional circumstances. See United States v. Lacy, 643 F.2d 284, 285 (5th Cir.1981) (interpreting the Bail Reform Act of 1966). Exceptional circumstances include the raising of…