United States v. Hardy

MEMORANDUM DECISION ON PROBABLE CAUSE

JOHN H. RICH III, United States Magistrate Judge.

Alvin Hardy, charged in a criminal complaint with violating 18 U.S.C. § 871(a), Criminal Complaint (Docket No. 3), 1 appeared before me, represented by counsel, on July 24, 2009, for a preliminary examination, at which he contended that probable cause to support the charge is lacking for two reasons. First, he asserts, the only evidence of a possible violation of the statute at issue comes from evidence that is barred by the psychotherapist-patient privilege, and second, that the evidence against him could…