United States v. Clements

78 F. App'x 640

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: October 21, 2003
• Docket: No. 02-50569
• Status: Published

Opinions

MEMORANDUM

*

Clements appeals the district court's denial of his motion to dismiss his probation revocation proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

Clements moved to dismiss his probation revocation proceedings on the ground that his revocation hearing was not held “within a reasonable time” under Fed. R.Crim.P. 32.1(a)(2) (2001). The Advisory Committee Notes to then-Rule 32.1(a)(2) state: “Ordinarily this time will be measured from the time of the probable cause finding (if a preliminary hearing was held) or of the issuance of an order to show cause.” On November 19, 2001, the district court issued a bench warrant for Clements’s arrest and an order to show cause why his probation should not be revoked for alleged violations. The arrest warrant was not executed until May 20, 2002, and the order to show cause was heard on June 21, 2002.

That delay was not unreasonable under the circumstances. See United States v. Hill, 719 F.2d 1402, 1404-05 (9th Cir.1983); United States v. Hamilton, 708 F.2d 1412, 1415 (9th Cir.1983). The warrant was executed within Clements’s probationary period and he suffered no prejudice.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.