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U.S. v. RUBASHKIN

Nos. 10-2487, 10-3580.

655 F.3d 849 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sholom RUBASHKIN, Appellant. American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Washington Legal Foundation; Albert Alschuler; William Bassler; Douglas A. Berman; L. Barrett Boss; Robert J. Cleary; Nora V. Demleitner; Monroe H. Freedman; Bennett L. Gershman; Jeff Ifrah; Harold J. Krent; Marc Miller; Michael O'Hear; Stephen Orlofsky; Mark Osler; James Reynolds; Stephen F. Smith; Sandra Guerra Thompson; Ronald Wright, Amici on behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin , argued, Washington, DC, Yaakov Roth , Washington, DC, Alyza D. Lewin , Washington, DC, Mark E. Weinhardt , Des Moines, IA, Guy R. Cook , Des Moines, IA, Adam D. Zenor , Des Moines, IA, Shay Dvoretzky , Washington, DC, F. Montgomery Brown , West Des Moines, IA, on the brief, for appellant.

Peter E. Deegan, Jr. , AUSA, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee.

Deborah Kay Ellis , St. Paul, MN, Grant J. Shostak , St. Louis, MO, Ronald Daniel Rotunda , Orange, CA, on the amicus brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Thomas P. Frerichs , Waterloo, IA, on the amicus brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.

Daniel J. Popeo , Washington, DC, Douglas Berman , Columbus, OH, Richard Abbott Samp , Washington, DC, Richard Abbott Samp , Cory L. Andrews , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief of the Washington Legal Foundation, et al.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MURPHY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Sholom Rubashkin of 86 counts of bank, wire, and mail fraud; making false statements to a bank; money laundering; and violations of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture. The district court1 sentenced Rubashkin to 324 months, the low end of the guideline range. Rubashkin appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial based on the judge's failure to recuse and from the adverse judgment,...

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