Legal Opinion
Lyles v. US Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1996No. 93-1442PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge WILLIAMS joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Following an investigation into a contact lens mail order business, the United States Postal Service obtained a criminal indictment charging John Edmond and his attorney, Pamela Lyles, with mail fraud. Edmond and Lyles were arrested, detained, and released on bond. After Edmond and Lyles filed a motion to dismiss their indictment for prose-cutorial vindictiveness, the government dismissed the indictment. And this civil action followed.
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