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U.S. v. MIX

No. 14-30837.

791 F.3d 603 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kurt MIX, also known as Kurt E. Mix, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vijay Shanker (argued), Jennifer Lynn Saulino , Assistant Chief Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier, Esq. (argued), Jonathan Ference-Burke , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Walter Francis Becker, Jr., Esq. , Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

John Patrick Elwood, Esq. , Joshua Stephen Johnson , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Bryan U. Gividen , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Kurt Mix was a BP engineer involved in calculating the amount of oil spilling out of the Macondo well, the site of the Deepwater Horizon accident. He was prosecuted for deleting text messages and emails related to these calculations. He was acquitted of one count, but he was convicted of obstruction of justice...

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