Legal Opinion
In Re the Grand Jury Appearance of Cummings
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 9, 1985No. 3:85-cr-00025PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CRABB, Chief Judge.
This is an objection to and appeal from an order of United States Magistrate James Groh directing witness Cummings to testify before the grand jury and granting him immunity from prosecution based on his testimony. Cummings contends that the magistrate lacked the authority to enter such an order, and that the order is therefore null and void.
The Federal Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 631-639, governs the authority and duties of United States magistrates. “In § 636, Congress authorized magistrates to act in three categories of matters. They may hear and determine all…
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