United States Second Circuit

Interlocutory appeal by the government challenging the denial of the government's motion to preclude the defendant from raising a public authority defense during a trial for bribery, fraud on the Republic of Kazakhstan, money laundering and tax offenses is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the appeal was premature since the district court's order did not authorize the disclosure of confidential information.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2007
• Published 01/23/2007

Judges

• LEVAL, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALKER, LEVAL, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter G. Neiman, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York (Stephen J. Ritchin, Celeste L. Koeleveld, Assistant United States Attorneys, Michael K. Atkinson, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, of counsel;  Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Schwartz, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP (Steven M. Cohen, Matthew E. Beck, Kevin Galbraith, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.