COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
A federal jury convicted Jesse Evans, a former Chicago alderman, of racketeering (including acts of extortion, bribery, mail fraud, and official misconduct), filing false tax returns, and obstruction of justice. Evans filed a post-trial motion for new trial, alleging among other things that the prosecutors violated Batson v. Kentucky,
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