USA v. Contreras et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
United States of America,
Plaintiff,
v.
Gregory Bautsch,
Defendant.
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Criminal Action H-24-476-5
ORDER REVOKING BOND
Pending before the court is the Petition for Action on Pretrial
Release. ECF No. 102. The petition alleges that Bautsch tested
positive for drugs in April 2025 and failed to report to
Probation since May 2025. Id. Bautsch pleaded true to the
violations. The court found the violations to be true.
Revocation of supervised release is governed by
18 U.S.C. § 3148. Under section 3148(b)(1), the judicial officer
“shall enter an order of revocation if (1) there is either probable
cause that the defendant committed a new crime or violated any
other condition of release, and (2) that there are no conditions that
will assure his appearance, or he is unlikely to abide by any
conditions of release.
At the hearing, Bautch admitted that he stopped reporting
to his pretrial services officer when he learned that he had tested
positive for drugs. While Bautch appears to have been attending
drug treatment on his own, he has utterly disregarded his
obligations to pretrial services and the court. The court can make
no conclusion other than that there are no conditions that will
assure his appearance and that he is unlikely to abide by any
conditions of release.
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
April 24, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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Gregory Bautsch’s bond is revoked, and he is ORDERED
detained pending trial.
Signed at Houston, Texas, on April 24, 2026.
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Peter Bray
United States Magistrate Judge
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