UNITED STATES v. NUNEZ

No. 85-5502.

801 F.2d 1260 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando NUNEZ, et al., Defendants. In re Samuel I. BURSTYN, Esq., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Evans, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans, G. Richard Strafer, Coral Gables, Fla., William P. Cagney, III, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Benedict P. Kuehne, Neal R. Sonnett, Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat & Sale, P.A., Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae NACDL.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Jon May, Thomas Blair, Linda Collins-Hertz, Sonia O'Donnell, Anne R. Schultz, Nancy L. Worthington, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Samuel I. Burstyn, an attorney, appeals from an order finding him in contempt for failure to appear in court on the first day of the trial of his client, Fernando Miguel Nunez.

I.

The appellant, together with co-counsel Michel Ociacovski, an associate of Mr. Burstyn's law firm, represented Fernando Miguel Nunez who, along with three other individuals, was indicted for various narcotics related...

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