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HERNANDEZ v. U.S.

No. 17-50313.

888 F.3d 219 (2018)

Maria HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Paul Trejo, Jr. , Trejo Law Firm, Yakima, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Mara Asya Blatt, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HAYNES and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.

Maria Hernandez was convicted of and imprisoned for various federal crimes, only to have her conviction set aside ten years later for ineffective assistance of counsel. Federal law permits certain classes of the "unjustly convicted" to sue in the United States Court of Federal Claims for compensation. See 28 U.S.C....

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