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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-5119 September Term, 2015

1:15-cv-00066-UNA

Filed On: December 15, 2015

Isreal Owen Hawkins, Jr.,

Appellant

v.

Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney

General,

Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Tatel and Millett, Circuit Judges, and Ginsburg, Senior Judge

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's dismissal order, filed April

3, 2015, be affirmed. The district court properly denied appellant mandamus relief

because: "the Executive Branch has exclusive authority and absolute discretion to

decide whether to prosecute a case," United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 693 (1974);

appellant lacks standing to force presentation of his alleged evidence to a grand jury

under 18 U.S.C. § 3332(a), see Sargent v. Dixon, 130 F.3d 1067, 1067-70 (D.C. Cir.

1997); and the Attorney General or her designees have exclusive authority to decide

whether to appoint an independent prosecutor, see 28 U.S.C. § 515.

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-5119 September Term, 2015

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk

By: /s/

Ken Meadows

Deputy Clerk/LD

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