UNITED STATES v. FLORES

No. 80-4242.

628 F.2d 521 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo FLORES, Defendant. In the Matter of Robert L. THORP, Witness-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1980.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Wilken, Oakland, Cal., on brief, for witness-appellant.

Jo-Lynne Lee, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SNEED, ANDERSON and TANG, Circuit Judges.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 9, 1980.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, an attorney, appeals from an order of the district court committing him as a recalcitrant witness, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826, for his willful disobedience of an order of the court to answer certain questions during a pretrial hearing in the matter of United States v. Alfredo Flores, C.R. No. 79-320 SW. Appellant is at liberty on his own...

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