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Fugitive fails to revive Facebook lawsuit, block criminal case

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected the fugitive Paul Ceglia's efforts to revive his civil lawsuit against Facebook Inc and founder Mark Zuckerberg seeking a big stake in the social media company, and to halt a related criminal prosecution for fraud. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said "overwhelming forensic evidence" demonstrated that a 2003 "Work for Hire" contract that Ceglia claimed entitled him to a 50 percent Facebook stake was forged. Calling Ceglia "an individual who has repeatedly demonstrated total disregard for our judicial system," the appeals court also said he did not show it was necessary or justified to dismiss the government's criminal case accusing him of trying to extort Facebook and Zuckerberg. A lawyer for Facebook and Zuckerberg did not immediately respond to similar requests.

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