Bloate v. United States — Alito, J., dissenting

Summary

Justice Alito, joined by Justice Breyer, dissented from the Court’s interpretation of the Speedy Trial Act. He would have held that delay resulting from a court’s granting the defense additional time to prepare pretrial motions is automatically excluded under the Act’s general exclusion for delay resulting from proceedings concerning the defendant, because the listed categories are illustrative rather than exhaustive. Justice Ginsburg, concurring in the judgment, would have allowed the lower court to consider whether a separate later period of delay independently prevented dismissal of the indictment.