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TONKIN v. MICHAEL

Civ. Nos. 364/72, 367/72 to 369/72.

349 F.Supp. 78 (1972)

Ronald H. TONKIN, Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, Plaintiff, v. Honorable Cyril MICHAEL, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of the Virgin Islands, Nominal Defendant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Henry MARTIN, Jr., Defendant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Louis HENLEY, Defendant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Patrolman Al MITCHUM, Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

October 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Tonkin, Atty. Gen., for plaintiffs.

Alexander Farrelly, John Maduro, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

Petitioner, the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, seeks to challenge, by writ of mandamus or prohibition, or in the alternative, by writ of review, the propriety of the action of a Municipal Court judge1 in appointing private prosecutors to prosecute three separate complaints against three police officers. The complaints encompass three separate incidents involving the...

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