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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 89-35729.

889 F.2d 220 (1989)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. Alfredo Carlos GARCIA-ROSELL, Witness-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Bennett Weintraub, Portland, Or., for witness-appellant.

Kenneth C. Bauman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before HUG, WIGGINS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Alfredo Carlos Garcia-Rosell appeals the district court's judgment holding him in civil contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury subsequent to a grant of immunity. We affirm the district court's adjudication of contempt.1

I. Fifth Amendment Protection

A grand jury witness may be held in civil contempt if he refuses without just cause to testify. 28 U.S.C. § 1826. Garcia-Rosell contends that...

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