U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996

Grand Jury R91-071 v.

Grand Jury R91-071 v.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided June 3, 1996

Grand Jury R91-071 v.

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena: GRAND JURY SUBPOENA, No. R91-071 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, and No. 94-5463 UNDER SEAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNDER SEAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond.

James R. Spencer, District Judge. (CR-93-28-A-R) Argued: February 3, 1995 Decided: June 3, 1996 Before HAMILTON and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge. _________________________________________________________________ Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL ARGUED: Thomas P. Vartanian, FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Roger William Frydrychowski, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia; Clarence Mosley Dunnaville, HILL, TUCKER & MARSH, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jack B. Gordon, Bruce J. Casino, FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOB- SON, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia; Jack B. Patrick, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). _________________________________________________________________ OPINION PER CURIAM: Appellant challenges the district court's order concerning his motion to remedy and restrict disclosure of information revealed before a federal grand jury. We held disposition of this case in abey- ance pending decision in Finn v. Schiller, No. 94-2373 (Jan. 3, 1996).

Under Finn, although a district court has the authority to enter an appropriate order of civil or criminal contempt in response to notifica- tion of such a violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), there is no private cause of action under the Rule. Therefore, on the authority of Finn, we vacate the district court's order decided on the merits of appellant's Rule 6(e) motion, and remand for further pro- ceedings consistent with that opinion.

VACATED AND REMANDED

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