1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 470 F.3d
  5. 470 F.3d 89 (2006)
 

ARMSTRONG v. GUCCIONE

Docket Nos. 04-5448-PR(L), 05-0280-PR(CON).

470 F.3d 89 (2006)

Martin A. ARMSTRONG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph R. GUCCIONE, United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and Marvin D. Morrison, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellees, Alan M. Cohen, Intervenor Receiver-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas V. Sjoblom (Benjamin R. Ogletree, on the brief), Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner-Appellant.

Alexander H. Southwell, Assistant United States Attorney (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), New York, New York, for Respondents-Appellees.

Martin Glenn (Tancred V. Schiavoni and John J. Kim, on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, New York, New York, for Intervenor Receiver-Appellee.

Before: WALKER, LEVAL and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Judge SOTOMAYOR concurs in a separate opinion.

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

It has been said that a civil contemnor who is incarcerated to compel compliance with a court order holds the key to his prison cell: Where defiance leads to the contemnor's incarceration, compliance is his salvation. In this case, petitioner-appellant Martin A. Armstrong principally argues that the key to his freedom comes at the cost of his Fifth Amendment right against compelled...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases