PETERSON v. BARR

No. 20-2252.

965 F.3d 549 (2020)

Earlene Branch PETERSON, Kimma Gurel, and Monica Veillette, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General of the United States, Michael Carvajal, and T. J. Watson, Warden, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Collette , Attorney, Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC, Howard B. Kurrus , Attorney, H. Baker Kurrus, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Amanda Mundell , Attorney, Melissa N. Patterson , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Shelese M. Woods , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


In 1996 Daniel Lewis Lee murdered an Arkansas family of three in pursuit of funds to support the racketeering activities of a white supremacist organization. The crimes were particularly heinous. Lee and his codefendant were members of the Aryan Peoples' Republic, a white supremacist group that sought to establish an independent...

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