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Quarles v. Lineberger

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Mar 27, 2002
Civil Action No. 01-962 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 27, 2002)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 01-962

March 27, 2002


ORDER-MEMORANDUM


AND NOW, this 27th day of March, 2002, plaintiff Bruce A. Quarles's "Motion Asking Court to Consider Requesting U.S. Attorney Bring Charges of Obstruction of Justice Against Non-Parties" is denied.

A violation of the statutes identified by plaintiff is not supported by probable cause or substantial evidence. Moreover, it is not clear that a court should involve itself in a request to initiate a prosecution. See United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 464, 116 S.Ct. 1480, 1486, 134 L.Ed.2d 687 (1996) (decisions whether to prosecute are "a `special province' of the Executive . . . . and United States Attorneys retain `broad discretion' to enforce the Nation's criminal laws.") (citations omitted); Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, 680-82, 108 S.Ct. 2597, 2613-14, 101 L.Ed.2d 569 (1988) (given the broad prohibition upon the courts' exercise of "executive or administrative duties of a nonjudicial nature" courts can perform certain "passive" or "ministerial" functions, but power to perform "administrative" functions is "more doubtful") (quoting Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 123, 96 S.Ct. 612, 684, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976)).

Plaintiff cites 18 U.S.C. § 371, 1501, 1505, 1509.


Summaries of

Quarles v. Lineberger

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Mar 27, 2002
Civil Action No. 01-962 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 27, 2002)
Case details for

Quarles v. Lineberger

Case Details

Full title:BRUCE A. QUARLES v. JAMES A. LINEBERGER

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 27, 2002

Citations

Civil Action No. 01-962 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 27, 2002)