United States v. Matias Montemayor

A grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, returned two indictments against Matías Montemayor, stating thirteen counts of violation of federal firearm laws. The United States magistrate set bail at $2,000,000 in the first action and $1,000,000 in the second action. Montemayor applied to the magistrate for review of his order pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3146(d). After a bail review hearing, the magistrate ordered the bail in the first action reduced to $1,000,000 and in the second action reduced to $350,000. Monte-mayor then sought further reduction of bail by…