Libby denied bail pending appeal by DC Circuit

As detailed in this AP article, “former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby cannot delay his 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Monday.”  Thanks to How Appealing, the DC Circuit’s one-paragraph order denying bail pending appeal can be accessed at this link. 

TalkLeft highlights here that, barring a surprise change of course by President Bush, it seem that Scooter better start packing his prison bags.  As the AP article notes, the “U.S. Bureau of Prisons has not yet assigned Libby a prison or given him a date to surrender.  But last week it designated him as federal inmate No. 28301-016.”

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