United States v. Vineet Maheshwari

Vineet Maheshwari seeks reversal of his pretrial detention. Maheshwari is presently under indictment for creating false immigration records. We affirm the district court’s 1 order of detention.

After Maheshwari’s arrest on February 11, 2009, the government moved for an order of detention on the grounds that Maheshwari was a serious flight risk. The magistrate judge 2 ordered Maheshwari detained on February 13. Maheshwari then filed a motion for a detention hearing. He stated that he had waived the prior detention hearing because of his discovery of an immigration detainer. Treating this motion…