SARGEANT v. DIXON

Nos. 95-5357, 95-5358 and 95-5359.

130 F.3d 1067 (1997)

Donald B. SARGEANT and Joe Mohwish, Appellants, v. Harry DIXON, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Mohwish, appearing pro se, was on the brief for appellants.

Katherine J. Barton, student counsel, argued the cause for amicus curiae on the side of appellants, with whom Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, Mary L. Clark, Attorney, and Carlos Dequina, student counsel, were on the briefs.

Meredith Manning, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Rockville, MD, argued the cause for appellees, with whom Mary Lou Leary, U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on the brief.

Before: GINSBURG, SENTELLE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Joe Mohwish and Donald B. Sargeant seek a writ of mandamus requiring the United States Attorneys for the District of Columbia and the Southern District of Georgia to present certain information to a grand jury. We hold that they do not have constitutional standing to pursue such relief, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing their suit for lack of...

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