HANSON v. PHILLIPS

Docket No. 04-0940-PR.

442 F.3d 789 (2006)

Paul HANSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Francis PHILLIPS, II, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry A. Lawrence, Briccetti, Calhoun & Lawrence, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Andrew R. Kass, Assistant District Attorney for Orange County, New York (Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney, on the brief), Goshen, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: LEVAL, STRAUB, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Paul Hanson ("Hanson") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Colleen McMahon, Judge) denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This appeal presents two issues. The first issue is whether we should dismiss this appeal pursuant to the fugitive disentitlement doctrine because Hanson was a fugitive from justice for two...

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