U.S. v. LETT

Docket No. 18-749-cr August Term, 2019.

944 F.3d 467 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Keston LETT, Defendant-appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lizmi , Assistant United States Attorney ( David C. James , Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Richard P. Donoghue , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, for Appellant.

S. Isaac Wheeler , Federal Defenders of New York, New York, New York for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, POOLER, and PARK, Circuit Judges.


This case presents the question whether a district court's authority to release criminal defendants under the Bail Reform Act ("BRA") is inconsistent with the government's authority to detain aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"). The district court found that these two statutes are in conflict and that a...

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