United States v. Louis Giambrone

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• noting that “the court may properly take into account a demonstrably lackadaisical attitude on the part of the government attorney in charge of the case”
• approving dismissal with prejudice in part based on pattern of delay in local United States Attorney’s office
• granting dismissal with prejudice in light of government’s “extremely lax” attitude in case toward requirements of the Act
• finding that the district court’s decision to dismiss with prejudice was not an abuse of discretion because even though the crime was serious and hence “did not suggest a dismissal with prejudice,” the judge found “that the other two factors outweighed this one and demanded dismissal.”
• finding that the district court’s decision to dismiss with prejudice was not an abuse of discretion because even though the crime was serious and hence “did not suggest a dismissal with prejudice”, the judge found “that the other two factors outweighed this one and demanded dismissal.”
• dismissing with prejudice after noting a “cavalier attitude toward speedy trial rights” in the United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York and a “strong suggestion of a pattern of neglect.”

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