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IN RE WITNESS FEES FOR PRISONER

Grand Jury No. 81-421-2.

533 F.Supp. 401 (1982)

In re WITNESS FEES FOR PRISONER.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 1, 1982.

MEMORANDUM

GILES, District Judge.

A state prisoner (the "witness") subpoenaed to give evidence before a federal grand jury moves for payment, by the government, of witness attendance fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1821(b) (Supp. II 1978). For the reasons which follow, the motion is denied.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1821:

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a witness in attendance at any court of the United States ... shall be paid...

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