Appeal of a Magistrate Judge's Detention Order Must Be Made to the District Court, Not to the Appellate Court

United States v. Harrison, Docket No. 04-4725 (2d Cir. Feb. 3, 2005) (per curiam). Not much more to add -- the title to this post says it all. Quite a mystery as to why the defendant did not simply appeal the magistrate's detention order to the district court, rather than directly to the Second Circuit, given that the law is (and has long been) so clear on this issue ...