United States v. Erickson

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Kathryn V. Erickson and Gilman N. Mitchell were each convicted on three counts of obstructing and impeding a federal grand jury. See 18 U.S.C. § 1503. The charges stemmed from the submission of backdated contract extensions (or “change orders”) in response to a grand-jury subpoena for records of the Uintah Special Services District (USSD) in Uintah County, Utah. Ms. Erickson was USSD’s general manager. The false change orders purported to extend three contracts to cover work by Mr. Mitchell’s firm, Ned B. Mitchell Construction, Inc. (Mitchell Construction),…