United States Ninth Circuit

A California pretrial detainee's constitutional speedy trial rights were denied where he had been in custody since April 1998 without a preliminary hearing or trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/14/2003
• Decided 07/17/2003
• Published 07/17/2003

Judges

• Before NOONAN, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Broderick, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, Sacramento, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Craig S. Meyers, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the respondent-appellee.