(July 6, 2020, 8:09 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 24 denied a petition for mandamus to stay a civil contempt hearing against 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, ruling that Donziger failed to demonstrate that exceptional circumstances warrant the requested relief (In re: Steven Robert Donziger [Steven Robert Donziger] v. Chevron Corporation, No. 20-464, 2nd Cir.)....