United States v. Fields

663 F.2d 880 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ross Eugene FIELDS, aka Harold J. Smith, Sammie Marshall, and Benjamin L. Lewis, Defendants-Appellees. In the Matter of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Non-Party Witness and Appellant. No. 81-5934. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 23, 1981. Decided Nov. 25, 1981. Richard S. Odom, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Los Angeles, Cal., for Wells Fargo Bank. Dean Allison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for the U. S. George W. Buehler, Dalton & Buehler, Los Angeles, Cal., for Fields. ORDER Before WRIGHT, CHOY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. 1 Wells Fargo Bank, a nonparty witness in a criminal case, appeals the district court's orders denying its motion to quash a Fed.R.Cr.P. 17(c) subpoena duces tecum for pretrial production of documents and holding it in civil contempt for failing to comply with the subpoena. In light of the need for prompt decision of this appeal, occasioned by the ongoing criminal case to which this matter relates, we expedited the appeal and heard oral argument on November 23, 1981, by telephone conference call. 2 The district court's denial of the…