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FONSECA v. REGAN

No. 670, Docket 83-6266.

734 F.2d 944 (1984)

Jose A. FONSECA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald T. REGAN, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES CURRENCY AMOUNTING TO the SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00) MORE OR LESS, Defendant, and Republic of Colombia and the State of New York, Defendants-Appellees, and Jose A. Fonseca, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Rudofsky, New York City (Zane and Rudofsky, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Fonseca.

Beryl R. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Robert L. Begleiter, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee United States.

John Carey, New York City (Coudert Brothers, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Republic of Colombia.

August L. Fietkau, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., N.Y., Melvyn R. Leventhal, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Liskov, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee State of New York.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves plaintiff Jose A. Fonseca's five and one-half year struggle to recover a misdirected suitcase and its contents — $250,000 — from the United States Government. Fonseca seeks relief from two judgments rendered against him in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 98 F.R.D. 694 (Costantino, J.), the first dismissing with prejudice his claim for mandamus relief under 28 U.S.C...

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