MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, Chief Judge.
This disturbing case presents an important question. When the government removed hundreds of illegal aliens from this country before their testimony could be preserved, did the government act in bad faith and deny the defendants material and favorable evidence? On April 5, 2002, concluding that the answer was "yes," I announced that I would dismiss the indictment as to certain of the defendants.
While a "very...
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