United States v. Cockrell

ORDER

MCBRYDE, District Judge.

On January 14, 2005, the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, acting on the order of a three-judge panel consisting of Circuit Judges Emilio M. Garza, Harold R. De-Moss, Jr., and Edith Brown Clement, granting a writ of mandamus, issued an order directing the undersigned, as the judge presiding over the above-captioned case, to dismiss the December 17, 2003, indictment in this case. This court has no choice but to comply, and is doing so by this order.

The Fifth Circuit panel’s order is the culmination of activities of the prosecuting…