A Dakota Access Pipeline protester who has refused to provide testimony to a federal grand jury is back behind bars.
Forty-six-year-old Steve Martinez was held in contempt of court Wednesday for the second time in a month.
Jail records show Martinez is being held in the Burleigh Morton Detention Center.
He had been released on a technicality Feb. 22 following 19 days of incarceration, but was given another subpoena.
His attorneys say he has refused to testify before a grand jury involved in a lawsuit filed by an injured protester because he believes authorities are trying to suppress the pipeline protest movement.
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