United States Second Circuit

Citing the twin rationales of dignity and deterrence, the appeal of an absconded, convicted felon is dismissed with prejudice under the fugitive disentitlement doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2004
• Published 02/06/2004

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge., Before:  WINTER, CABRANES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry E. Schulman, Brooklyn, NY, for Movant-Defendant-Appellant., Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney (Peter A. Norling, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel;  Roslynn Mauskopf, United States Attorney, on the brief), United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Cross-Movant-Appellee.