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IN RE ALLEN

No. 12-40954.

701 F.3d 734 (2012)

In re Jewell ALLEN; Rosalinda Armadillo; Mavis Branch; Feliciano Cantu; Dave Galloway; John Garcia; Julian Garcia; Robe Garza; Diana Linan; Thelma Morgan; Joel Mumphord; Jean Salone; James Shack; Betty Whiteside, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Cassell , University of Utah School of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, Paula Pierce , Texas Legal Services Center, Austin, TX, for Petitioners.

James B. Blackburn, Jr. , Blackburn Carter, P.C., Dick W. DeGuerin , DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, Nathan P. Eimer , Eimer, Stahl, Klevorn & Solberg, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Respondents.

Brian C. Toth , Howard P. Stewart , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., App. Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Respondent.

Before SMITH, PRADO and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus directing the district court to give them "crime victim" status under the Crime Victims' Rights Act ("CVRA"). 18 U.S.C. § 3771. The CVRA confers crime victim status on "person[s] directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of a Federal offense." Id. § 3771(e). In April 2008, upon the Government's motion, the district court held a hearing to...

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