In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Richard Kenneth Thompson, Witness-Appellant v. United States of America, in Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Daniel McSorley Witness-Appellant v. United States

968 F.2d 1220 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. Richard Kenneth THOMPSON, Witness-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. Daniel McSORLEY, Witness-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Nos. 92-35412, 92-35419. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 18, 1992. * Decided July 20, 1992. Before HUG, DAVID R. THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 On April 30, 1992, Richard Kenneth Thompson and Daniel Joseph McSorley ("the witnesses") were held in civil contempt pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826 (a) for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the interstate transportation of stolen goods. Thompson appealed on May 1, and McSorley appealed on May 5, 1992. 1 3 Thompson and McSorley are both serving 30-month state sentences for burglary and theft of the property whose interstate transportation is the subject of the grand…