MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH C. HOWARD, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a United States magistrate's opinion ordering that defendant Melvin McDonald Stanford be held pretrial without bail following his arrest and indictment on federal narcotics violations and unlawful possession of food stamp charges (food stamps for heroin conspiracy). The history of this appeal follows.
At Stanford's initial appearance before the magistrate, bail was set...
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