United States v. Emery, No. 19-3752 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseDefendant remains at large after escaping from a residential reentry center just over four months ago. Having given him a chance to surrender and respond to an order to show cause, the Eighth Circuit now exercises its discretion and dismissed the appeal under the fugitive-disentitlement doctrine. The court explained that it may sua sponte dismiss in circumstances like this one.
Court Description: [Stras, Author, with Shepherd and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Appeal dismissed under the fugitive-disentitlement doctrine; the court may dismiss a case sua sponte under the doctrine.
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