Opinion ID: 170353
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Fugitive Status

Text: Next, we consider whether Mr. Martin is actually a fugitive. Although an alien who fails to surrender to the INS despite a lawful order of deportation is not, strictly speaking, a fugitive in a criminal matter, we think that he is nonetheless a fugitive from justice. Bar-Levy v. I.N.S., 990 F.2d 33, 35 (2d Cir.1993); see also Gao v. Gonzales, 481 F.3d 173, 176 (2d Cir. 2007) ([F]or an alien to become a fugitive, it is not necessary that anything happen other than a bag-and-baggage letter be issued and the alien not comply with the letter.); Sapoundjiev v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 727, 729 (7th Cir.2004) ([A]nyone who is told to surrender, and does not, is a fugitive.). Here, Mr. Martin not only failed to appear for his scheduled appointment, he also failed to provide DHS with his current address. Given that other courts have found each of these individual failures sufficient to constitute fugitive status in an immigration appeal, we have no reservation about concluding that the two failures together render Mr. Martin a fugitive. Gao, 481 F.3d at 176; Antonio-Martinez, 317 F.3d at 1092; Bar-Levy, 990 F.2d at 35.