A federal appeals court has opted to stay out of a dispute over whether a Boston federal prosecutor committed a professional breach by withholding exculpatory evidence in a racketeering trial.
A special panel comprising three U.S. district court judges had decided in 2011 not to impose sanctions on Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Auerhahn. The Massachusetts Office of the Bar Counsel appealed. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on Monday that the bar counsel lacked standing to bring the appeal.
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