United States v. United States District Court For The Southern District Of California

693 F.2d 68 UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Fred R. Solomon, Jr.; George G. Nicoladze; Jean D. Littlefield; Harold B. De Julio; and William H. Henneberg, Jr., Real Parties in Interest. No. 82-7492. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 4, 1982. Decided Oct. 13, 1982. Opinion Filed Nov. 15, 1982. Eugene G. Iredale, Ramond J. Coughlan, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., Roger S. Ruffin, Ruffin & Rotwein, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner. Howard B. Frank, Frank & Milchen, San Diego, Cal., Harold L. Perry, Oakland, Cal., Nathan Cohn, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Prohibition. Before GOODWIN, ANDERSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 The government petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking to overturn a district court order transferring certain counts of a tax evasion indictment to the district where some of the defendants reside. The wording of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3237 (b) compels us to deny the petition. 2 In May 1982, the government filed an 89-count indictment in the Southern District of California (San…