United States Ninth Circuit

The fugitive disentitlement doctrine, allowing dismissal of a criminal defendant's appeal if he flees while the appeal is pending, applies to an alien who goes missing while his petition for review of a deportation order is pending.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2003
• Published 01/30/2003

Judges

• Before KOZINSKI and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sheila A. Bedi of the Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., argued for petitioner.   Douglas L. Parker and Jacqueline B. Shapiro joined her on the brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julia K. Doig of the Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent.   Robert D. McCallum, Jr., and David M. McConnell joined her on the brief.