HIGGS v. U.S. PARK POLICE

Nos. 18-2826, 18-2937.

933 F.3d 897 (2019)

Dustin John HIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PARK POLICE, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Lawry , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER, Eastern District of Pennsylvania — Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Caroline D. Lopez , H. Thomas Byron, III , Attorneys, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Gina Shields , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


More than two decades ago, Dustin Higgs kidnapped and murdered three women. Because the murders took place in the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, a federal property in Maryland, he was tried in federal court for these crimes. He was convicted and sentenced to death. See United States v. Higgs, 353 F.3d...

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