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Milberg kickback plaintiff Howard Vogel ducks prison -- for now

By Jonathan Hayter

The last defendant to report to federal prison in the criminal kickback case against Milberg LLP, Howard J. Vogel, has received an extension of his surrender date to Jan. 28. 

Vogel, a former lead plaintiff for the New York firm, was scheduled to begin serving a sentence of three months on Wednesday. That date had been granted after he requested a delay from an original surrender date of Nov. 19, in part to allow "time to undergo certain medical procedures." 

This time, Vogel asserts that the Federal Bureau of Prisons wrongfully designated him as an inmate requiring a low-security level prison, rather than a camp facility, due to a dismissed allegation of domestic violence in 2005 stemming from an argument he had with his wife.

Full story on NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).