OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we must decide whether appellant's confinement for civil contempt pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a) exceeds the period of time permissible under the due process clause, and whether an evidentiary hearing must be held before a decision is made not to terminate his confinement prior to the time set forth in the statute.
I.
A federal grand jury was empanelled on February 28, 1978...
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