MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNELLY, District Judge.
Eric Nix is charged with violating 42 U.S.C. § 3631(a). According to the indictment, on March 21, 2003, Nix detonated an explosive device inside a van parked in front of the home of a family of Arab descent living in Burbank, Illinois, because of their Arab national origin and because they were occupying that property.
Section 3631(a) provides, in relevant part, that
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