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concluding that appeal from a civil contempt conviction is not mooted by a subsequent order vacating that conviction because contempt conviction tolled criminal sentence
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No. 78-3556. Summary Calendar.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.
January 9, 1979.
Claude W. Hicks, Jr. (Court-appointed), Macon, Ga., for appellant.
D. L. Rampey, Jr., U.S. Atty., William G. Boyd, Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.
Appellant asserts that collateral consequences of his civil contempt conviction for refusing to furnish handwriting exemplars to a grand jury — the tolling of a previous sentence being served by him — prevent a subsequent order vacating that conviction from thereby rendering this appeal moot. Agreeing, we affirm the conviction. United States v. Mara, 410 U.S. 19, 93 S.Ct. 774, 35 L.Ed.2d 99 (1973); cf. United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1, 93 S.Ct. 764, 35 L.Ed.2d 67 (1973).
AFFIRMED.