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U.S. v. SINGLETON

No. 99-3053.

182 F.3d 7 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Carlos T. SINGLETON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Grewe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the memorandum and reply were Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and John Crabb, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

L. Barrett Boss, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause as amicus curiae on behalf of appellee. With him on the memorandum were A. J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, and Neil H. Jaffee, Assistant Federal Public Defender.

Billy L. Ponds, counsel for appellee, adopted the memorandum of amicus curiae.

Before: SENTELLE, ROGERS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a district court order concluding that convicted felons who possess firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1994) have not by that act alone committed a crime of violence warranting pretrial detention. We affirm, holding that the plain meaning of the Bail Reform Act excludes felon-in-possession offenses from the category of violent crimes that...

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