United States v. John Lanham, Iii, United States of America v. William Troy, William P. Trolinger, Iii, and April L. Jacobs

Lanham, Troy, Trolinger and Jacobs appeal the government’s dismissal without prejudice of the indictments against them, contending that the dismissal should have been with prejudice. We find that a dismissal without prejudice is not immediately reviewable and we therefore dismiss the appeals.

Our action is based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Parr v. United States, 351 U.S. 513, 76 S.Ct. 912, 100 L.Ed. 1377 (1956). In Parr, the accused obtained a transfer of the indictment against him to another division within the same district on grounds of local prejudice. After defeating the transfer…