Every criminal defendant is entitled to an attorney. It's the only professional service to which you have a Constitutional right.

If a defendant is denied bail at a preliminary hearing, then it is automatic to seek reconsideration. Not to do so would be malpractice.

if so.. the irony burns.

Does Bundy have bux?

judges don't second guess other judges

gut the Voting Rights Act. (Yeah, I'm still a little bit pissed off.)

Beckermann is a Magistrate Judge, a judge of lower standing in the federal system. The first "appeal" if you want to think of it that way, is for the losing party to ask a full judge to review the magistrate's ruling. Mosman's title is U.S. District Court Judge, and he's of higher standing than the Magistrate Judge.

Usually the District Judge's ruling follows the Magistrate's ruling, but sometimes the District Judge will overrule for abuse of discretion or on the basis of a different law or interpretation.

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
February 01, 2016 at 2:38 PM, updated February 01, 2016 at 9:46 PM

... On Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman had characterized Santilli's case as a "close call,'' but on Monday, she ordered him to remain in custody, pending trial.

She found he remains a serious risk of flight and danger to the community ...

Santilli's lawyer Tom Coan is expected to challenge Beckerman's finding before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Michael W. Mosman at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Federal pre-trial services officers had recommended Santilli, 50, be released to a halfway house, but federal prosecutors opposed such an arrangement ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/pete_santilli_ordered_held_wil.html

cuz they ain't going anywhere.

And I do wonder if that's why they are asking him.

otherwise, no.