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Parties Involved:
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena to the San Francisco Chronicle
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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DEBRA WONG YANG

United States Attorney

THOMAS P. O’BRIEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Criminal Division

DOUGLAS M. MILLER (CA Bar Number: 240398)

MICHAEL J. RAPHAEL (CA Bar Number: 208232)

Assistant United States Attorneys

Special Attorneys to the United States Attorney General

 1300 United States Courthouse

 312 North Spring Street

 Los Angeles, California 90012

 Telephone: (213) 894-2216

Facsimile: (213) 894-6436

email: douglas.m.miller@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA TO 

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

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CR MISC. No. CR 06-90355-JSW

[PROPOSED] ORDER OF CONTEMPT,

SANCTIONS AND STAY OF SANCTIONS

PENDING APPEAL

WHEREAS, the San Francisco Chronicle (“Chronicle”) having

knowingly and voluntarily refused to comply with the Court’s

September 25, 2006 order to have its Custodian of Records appear

before the grand jury and provide certain information called for

by the government’s subpoena, and the government and the

Chronicle having stipulated to an order of contempt and sanctions

THE COURT FINDS, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a), there is

no just cause for the Chronicle’s refusal to testify and finds

the Chronicle in contempt of the Court’s September 25, 2006 

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order, thus

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Chronicle pay to the Clerk of

the Court for the Northern District of California a fine of

$1000-per-day until the expiration of the grand jury’s term,

including extensions, or for a period of 18 months, whichever is

shorter, or until such time as the Chronicle has purged itself of

contempt through compliance with the Court’s September 25, 2006

order, or until further order of this Court or an appellate Court

of competent jurisdiction, whichever is sooner, 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above sanction is stayed

until a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth

Circuit has issued an opinion, memorandum, or order resolving the

Chronicle’s appeal of the Court’s September 25, 2006 order

denying its motion to quash the grand jury subpoena served on it

by the government.

DATED: This _____ day of _____________, 2006.

 

HON. JEFFREY S. WHITE 

United States District Judge

Presented by:

 /s/ 

DOUGLAS M. MILLER

Assistant United States Attorney

20 October 

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