KASHAMU v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 16-1004.

846 F.3d 934 (2017)

Buruji KASHAMU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Piers , Chirag Gopal Badlani , Attorneys, HUGHES SOCOL PIERS RESNICK & DYM, LTD., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tyce R. Walters , Douglas N. Letter , Lewis S. Yelin , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Posner and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


Buruji Kashamu, a fugitive for nearly two decades and the alleged leader of a heroin-importing conspiracy that inspired the hit show "Orange is the New Black," appears before us for a third time not in person but through counsel because he is unwilling to risk being present in the United States, and in fact has never in his...

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