Lil Durk Bail Filing Draws Government Opposition on Nov 4, 2026

By Miles Carter, November 10, 2026

Federal prosecutors on Nov 4, 2026, filed an opposition to a bond-release brief by Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, a defendant in United States v. Grant, 2:24-cr-00621-MWF, in C.D. Cal. Document 760 is argument, not findings, and Banks has not been convicted on remaining charges.

What the Nov 4 minutes show

Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald held a bail-review hearing. Minutes, Document 765, list Banks as present in custody and say the court heard counsel and Pretrial Services. "For reasons stated on the record, the Court takes the matter under submission," the minutes say.

A CourtListener / RECAP docket opened at 6:11 AM ET on Nov 10, 2026, shows last known filing Nov 6, 2026, a Nov 6 order sealing two exhibits, and no written bail ruling. That set is not a complete PACER record, and absence of a ruling there is not proof none exists on the full court file.

What the filings argue

In an Oct 27, 2026, brief, Document 756, Banks's lawyers sought reconsideration of a detention order. They wrote that a jury had acquitted Banks of participating in Saviay'a Robinson's murder and found he did not participate in the conspiracy to stalk another person that ended in Robinson's death. The same paragraph argues, "He did not participate in any murder-for-hire plot."

Prosecutors, in Document 760, say the first-trial result "does nothing to change the dangerousness or flight risk analysis," arguing Banks still faces "the more serious and expansive criminal allegations that he chose not to go to trial on," including a VICAR murder trial. The opposition alleges MDC violations, including using other inmates' phone access, engaging in impermissible three-way calls, and smuggling in and using contraband communications devices. It also alleges discipline for possessing and attempting to willfully destroy a contraband cellphone, and later refusal of a cell search. A footnote says the government is "investigating additional, potential criminal violations related to defendant Banks facilitating the introduction of contraband at the MDC." Those are allegations, not a conviction, a new charge, or a finding.

The opposition argues celebrity letters and a private security company paid by Banks do not justify release, that an August 2027 trial date "was selected largely due to scheduling conflicts of defense counsel," and that the government "remains prepared to proceed to trial on a more expedited schedule."