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U.S. v. FEMALE JUVENILE, A.F.S.

No. 03-2171.

377 F.3d 27 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. FEMALE JUVENILE, A.F.S., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernesto G. Lopez-Soltero, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, U.S. Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief for appellant.

Juan F. Matos De Juan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Public Defender, and Patricia A. Garrity, Research and Writing Specialist, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case raises important issues of the jurisdiction of the federal courts over juvenile delinquency proceedings and the effect of the juvenile speedy trial provision on the proceedings at issue here.

I.

Defendant-appellee A.F.S., a seventeen-year-old female juvenile, was arrested and charged by information with juvenile delinquency pursuant to the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act ("FJDA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031-5042...

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