U.S. v. RANGOLAN

Docket No. 04-5126-CR.

464 F.3d 321 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Shirley RANGOLAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Lesko, David C. James, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.

Edward S. Zas, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

Shirley Rangolan appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Wexler, J.) holding her in criminal contempt under 18 U.S.C. § 401(1), which authorizes courts to punish the "[m]isbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." Id. On appeal, Rangolan contends that her misbehavior did not occur in, or sufficiently...

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