http://www.oyez.org/issues/criminal-procedure/fugitive/ U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us http://www.oyez.org/images/oyezfeed.jpg U.S. Supreme Court Audio Recordings, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) Wed, 22 Apr 1987 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 86-381_19870422-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_381/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Brian Degen was indicted in 1989 for distributing marijuana, laundering money, and related crimes. On the same day the district court unsealed the indictment, it also unsealed a civil forfeiture complaint for properties allegedly worth $5.5 million and purchased with proceeds of Degen's drug sales or used to facilitate the sales. Degen is a citizen of both the U.S. and Switzerland, and in 1988 he and his family moved to Switzerland. He has not returned to the U.S. to face criminal charges and by treaty the Swiss are not obliged to extradite their nationals to the U.S. While residing in Switzerland, Degen filed an answer in the civil case, claiming that the forfeiture was barred by the statute of limitations and was an unlawful retroactive application of forfeiture laws. The district court did not consider his arguments. Instead, it entered summary judgment against him, holding that he was not entitled to be heard in the civil action because he remained outside the country, unamenable to criminal prosecution. On appeal, the government argued that the district court's inherent powers authorized it to strike Degen's claims under the "fugitive disentitlement doctrine."</p> <p>Should the fugitive disentitlement doctrine be extended to allow a court in a civil forfeiture suit to enter judgment against a claimant, without any opportunity to be heard, because the claimant is a fugitive from, or otherwise is resisting, a related criminal prosecution?</p> 95-173_19960422-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1995/1995_95_173/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 07 Dec 1992 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 91-7749_19921207-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_7749/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 30 Mar 1987 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Ronald Calder was a native of Iowa working in Puerto Rico, He was charged with first degree murder and attempted murder. After posting bail, he fled to his home state. Puerto Rico submitted a petition to Branstad, Iowa's governor at the time, to extradite Calder for court proceedings. Branstad refused.</p> <p>Do federal courts have the power to order governors to fulfill obligations under the Constitution's Extradition Clause in Article IV, Section 2?</p> 85-2116_19870330-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_2116/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist