United States First Circuit

A civil arrest for re-entry into the US after deportation does not trigger the Speedy Trial Act unless there is collusion or evidence that the detention was for the sole or primary purpose of preparing for a criminal prosecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2001
• Published 06/29/2001

Judges

• SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gordon D. Fox for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Zechariah Chaffee, Assistant United States Attorney, and Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, were on brief for the appellee.