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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Feb. 23, 2024

9th Circuit grants stay, but accused white supremacist already freed

Prosecutors lack the power to detain a defendant in such circumstances since the federal judge ordered his release forthwith, said a veteran federal public defender.

9th Circuit grants stay, but accused white supremacist already freed
Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California

An appellate panel on Thursday granted the government’s motion to stay the release of an alleged white supremacy group founder accused of inciting violence against political protesters, but he had already been freed by a federal judge on the grounds that the government had not arrested and charged members of Antifa for the same crimes.

In its emergency motion Wednesday evening to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. attorney’s o...

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