UNITED STATES v. MELHUISH

No. 19-485 August Term, 2020.

6 F.4th 380 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Catherine MELHUISH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Bryan , Syracuse, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul D. Silver ( Michael D. Gadarian , on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Antoinette T. Bacon , Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, New York, for Appellee.

Before: Walker, Wesley, and Nardini, Circuit Judges.


This case involves a violent altercation between a United States Border Patrol Agent and a woman with a history of severe mental illness. Agent Rodney Caccavo encountered Defendant-Appellant Catherine Melhuish as she was walking barefoot and disheveled by the side of the road in the middle of the night. After Caccavo...

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