U.S. v. MELGUIZO

No. 87-2198 Summary Calendar.

824 F.2d 370 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Enrique MELGUIZO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dale Robertson, Robertson & Nunez, Brownsville, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Susan L. Yarbrough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

A defendant convicted of failure to file currency transaction reports contends on appeal that the district court erred in refusing to dismiss with prejudice the complaint against him for the government's failure to try him within seventy days of his indictment as required by the Speedy Trial Act. Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in evaluating the statutory factors that informed its decision to dismiss without prejudice, we affirm...

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