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UNITED STATES v. HANDLER

No. 584, Docket 72-2447.

476 F.2d 709 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Allan A. HANDLER, Appellant. In the Matter of the Contempt Citation against Grand Jury Witness, Allan A. Handler, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Stern, New York City, for appellant.

Michael C. Eberhardt, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Joint Strike Force, S. D. N. Y. (Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John W. Nields, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Allan A. Handler appeals from a summary order of civil contempt entered against him as a grand jury witness on December 1, 1972 in the Southern District of New York by Murray I. Gurfein, District Judge, ordering that he be confined pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a) (1970) for refusal to answer questions before a grand jury after having been granted immunity under 18 U.S.C. §§ 6002 and 6003 (1970).

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