United States v. Trudeau

12-1353-cv
United States v. Trudeau
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
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At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United
States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of New York, on
the 11th day of June, two thousand twelve.
PRESENT:
RALPH K. WINTER,
JOSEPH M. McLAUGHLIN,
DENNY CHIN,
Circuit Judges.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee,
v. 12-1353-cv
WILLIAM A. TRUDEAU, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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FOR APPELLEE: RAHUL KALE (Sandra S. Glover, on
the brief), Assistant United States
Attorneys, for David Fein, United
States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, New Haven,
Connecticut.
FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: ROSS H. GARBER, Shipman & Goodwin
LLP, Hartford, Connecticut (James
K. Filan, FILAN LLC, Westport,
Connecticut, on the brief).
Appeal from an order of the United States District
Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, J.).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,
AND DECREED that the order of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant William A. Trudeau, Jr., appeals
from the district court's oral ruling of March 22, 2012, denying
Trudeau's Motion to Review Revocation of Defendant's Bond. We
assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts,
procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.
"'[U]nless we believe that the findings of the district
judge were clearly erroneous or that [s]he committed an error of
law," we will affirm the revocation of bail. United States v.
LaFontaine, 210 F.3d 125, 130 (2d Cir. 2000) (quoting United
States v. Gotti, 794 F.2d 773, 778 (2d Cir. 1986)).
The district court found probable cause to believe that
Trudeau had committed four crimes while on release. Furthermore,
the district court found that Trudeau had failed to rebut the
presumption that "no condition or combination of conditions of
release" would assure that he would not "pose a danger to the
safety of any other person or the community." 18 U.S.C. §
3148(b). Neither of these findings was clearly erroneous.
Trudeau argues principally that the four crimes were
only minor economic crimes that did not warrant revocation of
bail. Even assuming that they were minor economic crimes, the
district court acted within its discretion when it found that a
person who apparently had committed four additional crimes while
on bail posed a danger to the community.
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Trudeau also argues that the length of his pre-trial
detention is excessive. Much of the delay, however, is
attributable to Trudeau himself. Indeed, Trudeau failed to find
new counsel in a timely manner (after declining the trial court's
offer to appoint one), and he also declined the government's
offer to advance the trial date. The record reflects no
intentional or unwarranted delay by the prosecution.
Nonetheless, we affirm the district court's decision without
prejudice to Trudeau filing a motion in this Court to recall the
mandate and reinstate his appeal if there are further substantial
delays not attributable to him. See United States v. Salameh, 84
F.3d 47, 50 (2d Cir. 1996) (holding that "a court of appeals
always has authority to restore appellate jurisdiction over a
case that has been remanded to a district court" through grant of
a motion to recall mandate).
We have considered Trudeau's other arguments on appeal
and have found them to be without merit. Accordingly, the order
of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT:
Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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