ROLANDO OTERO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, RICHARD GERSTEIN, DEFENDANTS-APELLEES
ROLANDO OTERO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, RICHARD GERSTEIN, DEFENDANTS-APELLEES
832 F.2d 141
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1987)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:
Rolando Otero filed a complaint seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel defendants to investigate and prosecute a former Florida State Attorney. The district court properly dismissed the complaint with prejudice for two reasons.
First, a private citizen has no judicially cognizable interest in the prosecution or non-prosecution of another. Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614, 619, 93 S.Ct. 1146, 1149, 35 L.Ed.2d 536 (1973).
Second, prosecutorial discretion may not be controlled by a writ of mandamus. Powell v. Katzenbach, 359 F. 2d 234 (D.C.Cir.1965), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 906, 86 S.Ct. 1341, 16 L.Ed.2d 359 (1966).
AFFIRMED.
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- Linda R. S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614 (U.S. 1973)
- Powell v. Katzenbach, 359 F.2d 234 (D.C. Cir. 1965)
- R. P. R. Constr. Co. v. Bushman Constr. Co., 384 U.S. 906 (U.S. 1966)
- Powell v. Katzenbach, 384 U.S. 906 (U.S. 1966)