Matter of Harrisburg Grand Jury-83-2

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEALON, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court in an unusual posture. The United States Department of Justice (“Department”) has filed a motion requesting that this court agree to review certain documents subpoenaed by the House Subcommittee on Crime (“Subcommittee”). 1 The purpose of this “review” is for the court to determine if the Department would be subject to contempt under Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e) for releasing the subpoenaed documents. The Subcommittee filed an amicus curiae brief asserting this court’s lack of jurisdiction over the motion on February 19,1986. For…