A Santa Clarita man’s bid to stay out of federal custody pending his appeal was dealt a blow Monday in Downtown Los Angeles.
Judge Stephen Willson denied a motion on behalf of Trevor Kirk, 32, who was seeking to remain free on bond while the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considers the merits of his appeal.
A jury convicted Kirk in February of a felony charge of deprivation of rights under the color of law for his use of force as a Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputy responding to a report of a strong-arm robbery at a WinCo grocery store…