MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice.
Applicant has been sentenced in a civil contempt proceeding for refusal to answer questions before a grand jury. Judge Barnes of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a stay until August 9, 1971, to permit an application for a further stay to this Court. MR. JUSTICE BLACK continued the stay until August 16, 1971, so that I would have time to consider the matter at my home in Goose Prairie, Washington.
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