ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
To decide this motion to dismiss a superseding indictment, I must interpret the Speedy Trial Act's requirement that a charge be filed within 30 days of an arrest. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(b). I conclude that where a charge is contained in the complaint that furnishes the basis for the arrest and is then omitted from the original timely indictment, it cannot be added later by way of a superseding indictment...
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