United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's appeal of a contempt citation for failure to produce various items in a criminal trial is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because defendant has not appealed a final judgment under 28 U.S.C. section 1291 and cannot satisfy the Perlman doctrine or collateral order doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2010
• Published 01/28/2010

Judges

• Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Shawn R. McDermott, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Paul Thomas Camilletti, Office of the United States Attorney, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:William B. Moffitt, Moffitt & Brodnax, Ltd., Alexandria, Virginia; Pleasant S. Brodnax, III, Law Office of Pleasant S. Brodnax, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Sharon L. Potter, United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.