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ROLANDO OTERO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, RICHARD GERSTEIN, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.

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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OTERO v. U.S. ATTY. GEN
(Nov 13, 1987)