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COWELS v. F.B.I.

No. 18-1801.

936 F.3d 62 (2019)

Michael COWELS and Michael Mims, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Christopher Wray, and Paula Wulff, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ezekiel L. Hill , with whom David J. Apfel , Kathleen McGuinness , and Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant Michael Cowels.

Elliot M. Weinstein , Boston, MA, on brief for appellant Michael Mims.

Annapurna Balakrishna , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellees.

Before Thompson, Lipez, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

Appellants Michael Cowels and Michael Mims were convicted of murder in state court and spent twenty years behind bars serving life sentences. After new testing of trial evidence cast doubt on the verdict, they were granted a new trial. Subsequent DNA testing of a swab taken from the inside of a condom recovered in the vicinity...

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