IN RE U.S.

No. 03-3037.

345 F.3d 450 (2003)

In re: UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Vaudreuil, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, Karl N. Gellert, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Joseph F. Paulus, Boyle, Boyle & Paulus, Oshkosh, WI, for Party-in-Interest.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Bitsky, the defendant in the case that gives rise to the government's petition for mandamus, was indicted on one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 242 (deprivation of civil rights under color of law) and two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) (obstruction of justice). According to the indictment, Bitsky, a Wisconsin police officer, had assaulted an arrested person and had then tried to induce another officer to write a...

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