The Boston-based Defense Team for Convicted Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia has submitted a request for bail pending appeal of his May 2021 convictions to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Correia is set to self-surrender to FCI Berlin in New Hampshire on Friday, April 22. 

Defense Attorneys Daniel Marx and William Fick argue that Correia is not a flight risk or a threat to the community, and that federal prosecutors and Judge Douglas Woodlock made a variety of errors during the 2021 trial. 

Correia is asking for an acquittal or a new trial 

The appeal is now in the hands of the First Circuit Court of Appeals.