IN RE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS OF CERRO MARAVILLA EVENTS

No. 85-1768.

783 F.2d 20 (1986)

In re GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS OF the CERRO MARAVILLA EVENTS. SPECIAL INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricio Martinez-Lorenzo for petitioner, appellant Sp. Independent Pros.

Frank D. Allen, Jr., Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Walter W. Barnett, Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., and William Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico appointed the appellant, the Special Independent Prosecutor, to investigate possible crimes arising out of the shooting deaths of two persons arrested as terrorists at Cerro Maravilla. The Special Prosecutor asked the federal district court to release the transcripts of three federal grand jury proceedings connected with the Cerro Maravilla events. The district court denied the requests on the ground that the prosecutor...

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