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U.S. v. BENJAMIN

Nos. 86-1337, 86-1388.

852 F.2d 413 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David R. BENJAMIN; Philip C. Bourdette; Miriam R. Bourdette; Cecilia Jason Dederich; Dan L. Garrett, Jr.; Elizabeth Missakian; Sybil Schiff; Steven Simon; Dan Sorkin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Brown, Dept. of Justice, Legal Advice Section, Criminal Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert D. Luskin, Onek, Klein & Farr, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Nolan, Nolan & Parnes, Palo Alto, Cal., Jay W. Powell, Powell & MacGlashan, Visalia, Cal., Robert N. Harris, Gonzalez & Harris, Mark E. Overland, Overland, Berke, Wesley, Gits, Randolph & Levanas, Los Angeles, Cal., Kenneth W. DeVaney, Salvatore Sciandra, Elia & Sciandra, Fresno, Cal., John L. Williams, Manchester & Williams, San Jose, Cal., Richard B. Mazer, San Francisco, Cal., Tom Henze, Henze, Ronan & Clark, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants.

Before KOELSCH, SCHROEDER and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Benjamin and several co-defendants, members of Synanon, have been indicted for obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, in connection with the alleged destruction of documents pertaining to various civil and criminal proceedings. Defendants appeal the district court's denial of their motions to dismiss the indictments. We affirm.

A motions panel of this court has held the district court's order to be an appealable...

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