Francisco Junior Louis v. United States

Is a criminal defendant’s statutory and constitutional right to a speedy trial violated when the delay in obtaining an indictment arose from the government’s failure to present the case to the grand jury for Covid-19 reasons not attributable to the defendant, the delay is timely challenged by the defendant’s pro se motion filed soon after expressing disagreement with court-appointed counsel, and the subsequent delay in commencing trial ran afoul of his constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING All parties are listed in the caption.