In this April 20, 2017 photo released by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office is Tad Cummins. A 15-year-old Tennessee student who was allegedly kidnapped by her teacher and taken to California is back home, a lawyer for the girl's family said Friday, April 21, 2017. The girl is being evaluated and treated by mental health experts specializing in trauma, lawyer Jason Whatley said in a press release. Authorities credit the caretaker of a remote northern California property for helping police find her and arrest her alleged abductor, fired teacher Tad Cummins. (Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office via AP)A federal judge on Thursday ordered that the Maury County teacher accused of taking a student across the country for a sexual relationship be denied another detention hearing.
Tad Cummins, indicted in May on federal charges in connection with the case, is being held in Henderson County, Ky., as he awaits a trial scheduled for January.
On Thursday, United States Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes issued an order denying Cummins' motion to re-open a detention hearing.
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