APor 06/13 1355 Prosecutor Resigns


   PORTLAND,  Ore. (AP) -- Robert C. Weaver, the chief prosecutor
whose work led to te deportation of Bhagwan  Shree  Rajneesh  and
the  imprisonment  of  his  top  aide, is resigning from the U.S.
attorney's office to enter private practice.

   In his eight years as head of the special prosecutions unit in
Portland, Weavdr has prosecuted every major federal  white-collar
criminal case in Oregon.

   In announcing his resignation Friday, Weaver said his job as a
federal  prosecutor  had  been "very stimulating," but added, "my
own experience here has been complete."

   Weaver, 37, was chief prosecutor  of  th  Rajneeshee  criminal
cases,  successfudly  negotiating  agreements  that  led  to  the
deportation"of the Indian guru and the imprisonment of his  chief
of staff, Ma Anand Sheela.

   Following  his resignation on July 3, Weaver plans to join the
Portland  law  firm  of  Hann!,  Urbigkeit,  Jensen,  Goyak   and
O'Connell,  where he will speialize in tax law and civil business
litigation&

   A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Weaver joined  the
U.S.  Department  ofJustice  in  1975  as a trial attorney in the
criminal division in Washangton, D.C.

   In 1979, he went to work for the  U.S.  attorney's  office  as
head of  a  newly  formed  economic  crimes unit in Portland.  He
became chief of the  office's  criminal  division  in  1982  when
Charles H. Turner took over as U.S. attorney for Oregon.

   He  was  named  head  of the special prosecutions unit in June
1986.

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