106 H3vlgiu2 ih The last point I want to make, your Honor, on this 2 issue of consciousness of guilt relates to the one case that 3 they cite for the proposition that there is some ability to 4 have a consciousness of guilt theory ina civil case. They 5 cite a Second Circuit criminal case in which the defendant was 6 a man named Amuso. This is at 21 F.3d 1251, and it's a 1994 7 case. Mr. Amuso was a leader in the Lucchese crime family who, 8 over a course of time, ordered 14 murders and then absconded 9 from the jurisdiction during the trial of a number of 10 co-defendants. And it was called "The Windows" case here in 1a New York, and you may remember it, your Honor, because it was 12 the Lucchese crime family that was controlling the replacement 13 window unions in the city of New York. So Mr. Amuso goes to 14 trial, and the government requested and received an instruction 15 to the jury that said not only his flight was consciousness of 16 guilt but the length of the absence of his flight was de consciousness of guilt. And in fact, the Second Circuit 18 reversed that instruction and disapproved it in that criminal 19 case but didn't reverse his conviction because the evidence of 20 guilt was overwhelming. So the one case that they cite for 21 this proposition in fact is inapposite to the position that 22 they're taking here today. 23 So I think your Honor and I are indeed on the same 24 page here, and I'd ask that the Court simply apply the law in 25 Tillery. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011409