Does the right to a speedy trial in a civil case apply to the other rights secured by the sixth amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Alo, 439 F.2d 751 (2nd Cir. 1971):

10 In this respect the right to a speedy trial would appear distinct from the other rights secured by the sixth amendment. Cf. Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30, 54-56, 90 S.Ct. 1564, 26 L.Ed.2d 26 (Brennan, J., concurring).

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