United States v. Reginald J. Holzer

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from an order by Judge Marshall admitting the defendant Holzer to bail until sentencing. The appeal raises novel and interesting questions under the Bail Reform Act, so we have decided to answer them in a published opinion.

In May 1986 Judge Marshall sentenced Holzer, following his convictions for mail fraud, extortion, and racketeering, to five years in prison for mail fraud and to eighteen years in prison for extortion and eighteen years for racketeering, all the sentences to run concurrently. While Holzer’s petition for certiorari to review our…