In Molinaro v. New Jersey, supra, the Court said that while a litigant's status as a fugitive from justice "does not strip the case of its character as an adjudicable case or controversy, we believe it disentitles the [litigant] to call upon the resources of the Court for determination of his claims." 396 U.S., at 366, 90 S.Ct., at 498. See also Smith v. United States, 94 U.S. 97, 24 L. Ed. 32 (1876). While this Court has never extended the "fugitive from justice" rule beyond the facts of Molinaro and Smith (i.e., where the criminal conviction the litigant is a fugitive from is the judgment being challenged on appeal), the court below correctly points out that the Courts of Appeals have done so on a number of occasions. Since we have denied certiorari in this type case in the past, I do not believe it likely that applicant's petition will be granted. See, e.g., Doyle v. Department of Justice, supra.
For these reasons the application is denied.