Attorney Tells 2nd Circuit Donziger Not A Flight Risk, Confinement Not Necessary

(March 11, 2021, 2:29 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — An attorney for Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. in a court in Ecuador for injuries only to have it reversed, on March 10 told a panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it is “illogical” that Donziger would risk committing a felony by violating his home confinement and fleeing the country to avoid facing a six-month jail sentence for the remaining contempt charges against him....

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