United States v. Ailon-Ailon

We expedited, consideration of this bail appeal to consider Mario Ailon-Ailon’s argument that the government has misinterpreted the word.“flee” as it appears .in 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f)(2), resulting in his illegal pre-trial detention. He argues that involuntary removal by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) does not constitute flight of the sort that would justify detention. On initial consideration, a magistrate, judge agreed and determined that Ailon-Ailon should not be detained before trial. On review of the magistrate judge, the district court reversed, ordering that he…