ANGLIN v. JOHNSTON

No. 74-1509.

504 F.2d 1165 (1974)

Frank A. ANGLIN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Steven JOHNSTON, Parole Executive, United States Board of Parole, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1974.

Certiorari Denied March 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Werksman, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

James R. Thompson, U.S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman and Michael D. Groark, Asst. U.S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, FAIRCHILD and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 3, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1353.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus poses the novel question of whether a pending federal sentence may be suspended in order to allow the prisoner to serve an intervening civil contempt sentence for his refusal, despite immunity, to testify before a grand jury.

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The petitioner, Frank A. Anglin, Jr., was found guilty by a jury on...

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