U.S. v. BOWEN

No. 13-31078.

799 F.3d 336 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kenneth BOWEN; Robert Gisevius; Robert Faulcon; Anthony Villavaso; Arthur Kaufman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dorsey Collery, Esq. , Barbara Bernstein , Thomas Evans Chandler , Trial Attorney, Jessica Dunsay Silver , Christopher Jackson Smith , Trial Attorney, Lisa J. Stark , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Kevin G. Boitmann , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Theodore R. Carter, III , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robin Elise Schulberg , Attorney, Covington, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Kenneth Bowen.

Christopher Albert Aberle , Mandeville, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Robert Gisevius.

Lindsay Alexis Larson, III, Esq. , King, Krebs & Jurgens, P.L.L.C., for Defendant-Appellee Robert Faulcon.

Timothy Allison Meche , Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Anthony Villavaso.

William P. Gibbens, Esq. , Ian Lewis Atkinson, Esq. , Attorney, Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., Stephen D. London , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Arthur Kaufman.

Richard C. Stanley, Esq. , Thomas Patrick Owen, Jr., Esq. , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Michael Magner.

Before JONES, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


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