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U.S. v. MODANLO

Nos. 13-4378, 13-4414.

762 F.3d 403 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nader MODANLO, a/k/a Nader Modanlou, a/k/a Nader Modanlu, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nader Modanlo, a/k/a Nader Modanlou, a/k/a Nader Modanlu, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samuel Everett Dewey , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Sujit Raman , Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James P. Wyda , Paresh S. Patel , Office of the Federal Public Defender District Of Maryland, Greenbelt, Maryland; David P. Burns , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, David I. Salem , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Appeals dismissed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge THACKER and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.

KING, Circuit Judge:

We are required to decide whether a criminal defendant can, by less than extraordinary means, divest the district court of jurisdiction in the middle of his trial and command that the ongoing proceedings be suspended. Twenty days after his trial had begun, before the prosecution had finished presenting its evidence, Nader Modanlo filed a notice of appeal of the court's written order denying his motion to dismiss one of the eleven charges against...

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