IN RE YIELDING

No. 79-1093.

599 F.2d 251 (1979)

In re Charles YIELDING, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Wilson, Jr., P. A., Little Rock, Ark., for petitioner.

Ellen B. Brantley, Little Rock, Ark., for respondent.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS, and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question of whether a district judge may refuse to entertain all Rule 11(e)(1)(B) and (C) plea agreements as a policy and practice. The petitioner Charles Yielding seeks a writ of mandamus from this court directing Judge Eisele* to hear the plea agreement which Yielding and the government have negotiated and to exercise his discretion in deciding whether to accept it.

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