Legal Opinion
Steven Guerra v. Edwin Meese, III
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 21, 1986No. 85-5912PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion Per Curiam.
2Per curiam
Appellees are seven federal prisoners who were convicted on charges of criminal contempt in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York. They are currently serving sentences ranging from eighteen months to three years in various federal penal institutions around the country. Appellees' convictions grew out of their refusal to testify before a grand jury investigating the activities of a Puerto Rican independence group.
Appellees brought habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1982) in the District Court for the District of Columbia seeking release…
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