UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE D.C. CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES

v.

RAMSEY, CHARLES W.


97-3100c

D.C. Cir. 1999


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O R D E R


It is ORDERED by the court that the opinion filed by the court on
February 9, 1999 be amended as follows:


Page 17, lines 10-12: Delete the following sentence "Such a prosecutor
would not  be acting as the United States because an ultra vires act
implicates no sovereign interest."


Page 17, footnote 13: Add at the end of the footnote: "That section
201(b)(3)  applies to federal prosecutors while section 201(c)(2) does
not, despite the similarities between the two sections, follows from
Nardone; the Government has no recognized interest in paying a witness
to give untruthful testimony and no absurdity would result in
punishing a prosecutor who offers a witness money or any other thing
of value to obtain untruthful testimony."


Per Curiam For the Court


Filed on April 1, 1999