Donziger:  Home Confinement Is ‘Oppressive And Abusive’; No Flight Risk Posed

(January 17, 2020, 9:20 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — 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 Jan. 9 filed an application in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals seeking the elimination of his home confinement and an expedited hearing, contending that he presents “absolutely no risk of flight” (United States of America v. Donziger, No. 19-4155, 2nd Cir.)....