DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Charles Kirk, a Deputy Attorney General of California, appeals from two convictions for criminal contempt under 28 U.S.C. § 636(d) (now at 28 U.S.C. § 636(e) and 18 U.S.C. § 401, respectively). We reverse both convictions.
I. The Facts.
Because we reverse for lack of evidence, we state the facts in detail.
In 1976 one Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt filed a civil rights action in the district court against...
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