Legal Opinion
In Re: United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 16, 2003No. 03-3037PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 false arrest report justifying Bitsky’s use of force and had threatened still another officer in an effort to prevent her from informing on…
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