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Another notable CVRA mandamus petition to watch

By Douglas A. Berman

I am pleased to see from this post at The Volokh Conspiracy that Professor Paul Cassell is continuing his important efforts to get district and circuit courts to give serious effect to the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. Here is a snippet of Paul's account of his latest CVRA doings: Yesterday I filed a mandamus petition in the Eleventh Circuit, asking that borrowers who were overcharged on loans be recognized as "crime victims" under the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. The petition seeks restitution and other rights in the criminal justice process.  The petition challenges a ruling by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich of the Middle District of Florida on November 21, 2008, that borrowers on loans from Coast Bank were not ?crime victims? of Phillip Coon?s criminal conspiracy because they were not specifically listed in the criminal charges against him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).