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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 90-16085.

914 F.2d 1372 (1990)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. Michael C. LAHEY, Witness-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian G. Loveseth, Loveseth and Loveseth, San Francisco, Cal., for witness-appellant.

Robert Twiss, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for appellee.

Before WALLACE, THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Michael C. Lahey (appellant) appeals the district court's judgment holding him in civil contempt and ordering him incarcerated for refusing to testify before the grand jury. He contends that his refusal to testify is justified by his fear that he or his family will be harmed if he testifies. He argues that his subjective fears of retaliation are objectively reasonable because the government violated secrecy requirements of Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e) and committed...

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