United States First Circuit
In re: Grand Jury v. Dist. of Massachusetts, Boston, 10-2005
In a dispute involving the authority of a district court to toll a state sentence in order to effectuate the imposition of a federal civil contempt sentence, 28 U.S.C. section 1826, judgment of the district court suspending an ongoing state sentence until such time as a recalcitrant witness has completed serving a federal contempt sentence is affirmed where the balance of interests favors the judgment.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/04/2011
- Published 04/04/2011
Judges
- BOUDIN
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Robert L. Sheketoff, Michael L. Tabak