Does the Court of Appeal have to review the mandate and sua sponte?

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The following excerpt is from Dunton v. Suffolk County, State of N.Y., 748 F.2d 69 (2nd Cir. 1984):

We recall the mandate and sua sponte reconsider our decision in Dunton v. County of Suffolk, 729 F.2d 903 (2d Cir.1984), without hearing oral argument, following a rather unusual set of circumstances.

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