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UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 19-4903.

995 F.3d 342 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bobby Paul EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Dreiband , Assistant Attorney General, Alexander V. Maugeri , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tovah R. Calderon , Elizabeth P. Hecker , Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Emily Deck Harrill , Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated in part and remanded by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Thacker joined.

For over 5 years — from 2009 to 2014 — Bobby Edwards, the manager of J & J Cafeteria in Conway, South Carolina, effectively enslaved JCS (to whom we refer with the fictitious name "Jack"), forcing him to work at the restaurant over 100 hours per week without pay.

After Edwards was reported to the...

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