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STATE OF OHIO v. WRIGHT

No. 91-3615.

992 F.2d 616 (1993)

STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles E. WRIGHT, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Greer (argued and briefed), Bieser, Greer & Landis, Dayton, OH, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeffery W. Clark, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Deborah P. O'Neill (argued and briefed), Columbus, OH for defendant-appellant.

Sean Connelly (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, amicus curiae U.S.

David C. Greer, Bieser, Greer & Landis, Dayton, OH, amicus curiae Kessler.

Before MERRITT, Chief Judge; and KEITH, KENNEDY, MARTIN, JONES, MILBURN, GUY, NELSON, RYAN, BOGGS, NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Chief Judge.

This appeal originated as an action in state court for contempt of court against the defendant, a police officer. The state court ordered him to return to the court $12,000 in confiscated drug money. He did not comply because the federal drug officers with whom he had deposited the funds refused to return it to him. He removed the case to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1) on the ground that his contempt citation arose out of his...

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