United States v. Meera Sachdeva ( 2011 )

Case: 11-60639 Document: 00511644721 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/25/2011
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
October 25, 2011
No. 11-60639
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
MEERA SACHDEVA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 3:11-CR-65-1
Before BENAVIDES, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Meera Sachdeva appeals the district court’s order affirming the magistrate
judge’s pretrial detention order. The district court determined that no condition
or combination of conditions would reasonably assure Sachdeva’s presence at
trial.
A judicial officer may order a defendant detained pending trial if the
officer finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that “no condition or
combination of conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the person.”
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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18 U.S.C. § 3142(e), (f); see United States v. Fortna, 769 F.2d 243, 250 (5th Cir.
1985). Absent an error of law, we will uphold a district court’s pretrial detention
order if it is supported by the proceedings in that court, a deferential standard
of review that equates to an abuse of discretion standard. United States v.
Rueben, 974 F.2d 580, 586 (5th Cir. 1992).
The district court’s determination that the Government had shown by a
preponderance of the evidence that no condition or combination of conditions
could reasonably assure Sachdeva’s presence at trial is supported by the record.
See § 3142; United States v. Westbrook, 780 F.2d 1185, 1189-90 (5th Cir. 1986).
Accordingly, the pretrial detention order is AFFIRMED.
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