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Man stays out of jail in SF Federal Grand Jury animal rights case
SAN FRANCISCO
Man stays out of jail in animal rights case
Stacy Finz
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
A man who was scheduled to go to jail Tuesday for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating an animal rights activist suspected in two East Bay bombings in 2003 has been granted a temporary reprieve by a higher court.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Monday that Michael Kennedy could remain free until the court decides his case -- likely to be within the next few months.
San Francisco U.S. District Judge Susan Illston held Kennedy in contempt on Oct. 25 for refusing to testify. She gave Kennedy two weeks to surrender to the U.S. Marshal Service so that his attorneys -- Matt Gonzalez, Whitney Leigh and Rita Hao -- would have time to appeal her decision.
The appellate court's three-judge panel has given Kennedy and the U.S. attorney's office until the end of the month to file arguments with the court. It has not yet set a date for a hearing.
Earlier this year, Kennedy was called before a grand jury investigating the whereabouts of Daniel Andreas San Diego, who is accused of setting explosives at the Emeryville biotechnology firm Chiron Corp and at Shaklee, a Pleasanton firm that sells health, beauty and household products. Federal prosecutors believe that San Diego was protesting the use of animals to test products.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/09/BAG92FL1T31.DTL
some background info and links on Indybay: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/10/1778721.php
Man stays out of jail in animal rights case
Stacy Finz
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
A man who was scheduled to go to jail Tuesday for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating an animal rights activist suspected in two East Bay bombings in 2003 has been granted a temporary reprieve by a higher court.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Monday that Michael Kennedy could remain free until the court decides his case -- likely to be within the next few months.
San Francisco U.S. District Judge Susan Illston held Kennedy in contempt on Oct. 25 for refusing to testify. She gave Kennedy two weeks to surrender to the U.S. Marshal Service so that his attorneys -- Matt Gonzalez, Whitney Leigh and Rita Hao -- would have time to appeal her decision.
The appellate court's three-judge panel has given Kennedy and the U.S. attorney's office until the end of the month to file arguments with the court. It has not yet set a date for a hearing.
Earlier this year, Kennedy was called before a grand jury investigating the whereabouts of Daniel Andreas San Diego, who is accused of setting explosives at the Emeryville biotechnology firm Chiron Corp and at Shaklee, a Pleasanton firm that sells health, beauty and household products. Federal prosecutors believe that San Diego was protesting the use of animals to test products.
Page B - 11
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/09/BAG92FL1T31.DTL
some background info and links on Indybay: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/10/1778721.php
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