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Pretrial detention ordered for Alex Harkrider

Following a preliminary and detention hearing, a magistrate found probable cause and ordered Harkrider detained pending trial. This was a pretrial ruling rather than a verdict.

📍 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Pretrial Detention Begins

Ordered detained pending trial — the period during which all 27 grievance categories below were filed.

Court orders Scott Fairlamb detained pending trial

Judge Royce C. Lamberth reviewed a magistrate judge’s conditional-release decision and ordered pretrial detention. The ruling addressed release standards, not final guilt.

📍 Washington, D.C.

Motion for Reconsideration of Detention Order Filed

Defense files a motion asking the court to reconsider pretrial detention. This motion sits between the February 2021 first bond hearing in Tyler, Texas (denied) and the December 2021 second bond hearing before Judge Hogan (where Ryan was forced to take the COVID vaccine as a precondition and was still denied bond).

Mellis Seeks Reconsideration of Pretrial Detention

The defense filed ECF No. 27 seeking release and presenting its account of the Lower West Terrace events and comparable detention cases.

📍 Washington, D.C.

D.C. Circuit affirms Lang pretrial detention

The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of release in No. 21-3066. The ruling addressed detention and community-safety findings, not guilt on the pending indictment.

📍 Washington, D.C.