IN RE U.S.

Nos. 89-1831, 89-1208.

900 F.2d 800 (1990)

In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ricky Lan JUMPER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, James K. Blankinship, Philip E. Police, Asst. U.S. Attys., Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for the U.S.

Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, San Antonio, Tex., for Bill Neal Tapp.

Bill Neal Tapp, Arlington, Tex., pro se.

Andrew Harper Estes, Lynch, Chappell (Court-appointed), Midland, Tex., for Ricky Lan Jumper.

Ricky Lan Jumper, Big Spring, Tex., pro se.

Before REAVLEY, JONES and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Years after he had sentenced each of these defendants to imprisonment for bank fraud crimes, the district court apparently had second thoughts and issued orders reducing their sentences to time served and freeing them from jail. The government seeks review of these actions by appeal or, alternatively, mandamus.1 In our circuit, mandamus is the appropriate remedy...

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