Bail/Pretrial Release

As part of the Training Division's continued efforts to spotlight and challenge the systemic and legal issues in pretrial detention, we report the latest from pretrial detainees in Prince George’s County, Md.: The judges here followed bail policies that arbitrarily denied us a shot at release. District court: Sorry, you can’t sue the judges—judicial immunity says no. Fourth Circuit: Not so fast—you still can’t sue the judges, but it’s not because of immunity.

It can be a race to the courthouse and more to prevent an alien detainee from being removed from the United States.  Yesterday, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a standing order prohibiting the removal of alien detainees from the continental United States if the detainee files a § 2241 habeas petition containing their full name and A#.  See Full Order.  In relevant part, the order states:

AH Datalytics has launched a “Real-Time” crime index, (RTCI), online. (access index). AH Datalytics launched the real-time crime index in an effort to “aid in the need for a faster understanding and visualization of national, state, and local crime trends.” AH Datalytics acknowledges certain crime data is under-reported to police and agencies can fail to provide complete or accurate information.

Delaware physician is convicted on 13 counts of unlawfully dispensing opioids. At sentencing, the gov't puts forward a medical expert who reviewed files for 24 of the 1,142 patients to whom the good doctor had prescribed controlled substances in the last two years, concluding that prescriptions for 18 of the patients were illegal. Extrapolating from the sample, prosecutors argued he should be sentenced based on a drug weight of 106,000 kilos. The doctor argues for 7,500 kilos and the court settles on 30,000 kilos, sentencing the doctor to 20 years in prison. Yikes!