United States Fourth Circuit

The filing of 1) a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas petition and 2) a court-ordered response to the state's FRCP12(e) motion for a more definitive statement, constituted "proceedings before any court" under 18 U.S.C. section 1623, criminalizing the making of false declarations before a court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2003
• Published 04/09/2003

Judges

• Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Frances Hemsley Pratt, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Michael Cornell Wallace, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.  ON BRIEF: Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Michael S. Nachmanoff, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.