U.S. v. YUNIS

Crim. A. No. 87-0377.

681 F.Supp. 891 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America v. Fawaz YUNIS.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ramsey Johnson, Karen A. Morrissette, Jennifer Gold, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Francis D. Carter, Turner and Carter, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 3

(Denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act)

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge.

The Posse Comitatus Act ("the Act"), 18 U.S.C. § 1385, prohibits the use of the nation's military forces as a posse comitatus1 or otherwise to execute the laws of the United States. Counsel for Fawaz Yunis has moved to dismiss the indictment claiming that the involvement...

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