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U.S. v. O'KEEFE

No. 96-31181.

128 F.3d 885 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael O'KEEFE, Sr.; Eric Schmidt; John O'Brien; Gary Bennett; Paul Schmitz, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard T. Simmons, Jr., William Glenn Burns, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, LA, for Michael O'Keefe, Sr., Defendant-Appellee.

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, LA, for Eric Schmidt, Defendant-Appellee.

Bruce Charles Ashley, New Orleans, LA, for John O'Brien and Gary Bennett, Defendants-Appellees.

James A. McPherson, New Orleans, LA, for Paul Schmitz, Defendant-Appellee.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court's order granting a new trial and its denial of the government's motions for reconsideration of its order granting a new trial and to enforce the recusal of Chief Judge Morey L. Sear following the convictions of Michael O'Keefe, Sr., Eric Schmidt, John O'Brien, Gary Bennett, and Paul Schmitz (collectively "O'Keefe"). We vacate the order granting a new trial and remand to the district court...

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