Legal Opinion

United States v. Glenn Richard Roher, International Fidelity Insurance Company, Surety

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 10, 1983No. 82-1290PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEE, Circuit Judge:

At the threshold of this appeal from the district court’s refusal to set aside or remit forfeiture of an appearance bond lies a procedural issue. Notice of appeal was filed timely if the proceeding is controlled by the thirty-day rule for civil cases, untimely if by the ten-day rule for criminal ones. Rule 4, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The issue is freighted with few or no moral or policy considerations; all that is needed is a clear answer, one by which parties within our circuit may govern their future conduct. For reasons to be given, we choose the civil rule.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

United States v. George B. Parr, Mary Elizabeth Ellis Saenz, Intervenor-Appellant, Clinton Manges, Surety, Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
United States v. PlechnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
United States v. Humberto Martinez, Surety Insurance Company and Cal Rynerson, In79-1189. Appeal of Allegheny Mutual Casualty Co., in 79-2696Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
United States v. ChoateCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
United States v. Peter Calvin Jones, and W. R. Kenney, Professional BondsmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by18 opinions

United States v. Rafael Santiago, Appeal of Esther CruzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
United States v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
United States v. Leonel Gutierrez, Appeal of Terry D. CornellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
United States v. Douglas Wayne BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
United States v. BrouilletCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984

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