Legal Opinion
United States v. James Thorpe
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 27, 2006No. 05-2220PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan indicted James Thorpe for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Thorpe, an African-American, moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that he was being selectively prosecuted because of his race. After conducting a preliminary investigation in support of his claim, Thorpe formally moved the district court for discovery of all of the government’s files regarding the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program under which Thorpe was being prosecuted.
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