UNITED STATES v. DONZIGER

Docket No. 21-2486 August Term, 2021.

38 F.4th 290 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Steven DONZIGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen I. Vladeck , Austin, TX ( William W. Taylor, III , David A. Reiser , Leila Bijan , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC; Martin Garbus , Offit Kurman , New York, NY; Ronald L. Kuby , New York, NY; Natali Segovia , Water Protector Legal Collective, Albuquerque, NM, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Rita M. Glavin , Glavin PLLC, New York, NY ( Brian P. Maloney , Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Appellee.

Robert A. Parker ( Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. , Lisa H. Miller , on the brief), Criminal Division, Appellate Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States Department of Justice in support of Appellee.

Before: Park, Nardini, and Menashi, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant Steven Donziger was convicted of six counts of criminal contempt for repeatedly defying court orders, for which he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. He challenges the conviction, arguing that the district court's appointment of special prosecutors under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42(a)(2...

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