DENVER -- A federal magistrate indicated Tuesday he will order Vice President Dick Cheney to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit by a man who claims he was wrongly arrested after approaching Cheney.

Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer did not issue an order but said Cheney is a key witness whose deposition appears to be crucial to the case.

Shaffer said he will issue a written decision later.

Steven Howards of Denver sued five federal agents for arresting him after he approached the vice president in a crowd at a Beaver Creek mall in June 2006 and criticized the Iraq war. - http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15568047/detail.html