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U.S. v. ACOSTA

Docket Nos. 05-3346-CR(L), 05-3416-CR(CON).

470 F.3d 132 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sylvestre ACOSTA, also known as Sly Acosta, and Paul Skinner, Defendants-Appellants, Gerald T. Skinner, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General (Jessica Dunsay Silver, Angela M. Miller, on the brief), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.

David J. Seeger (Leigh E. Anderson, on the brief), Buffalo, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Sylvestre Acosta.

Patrick J. Brown, LoTempio & Brown, P.C., Buffalo, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Paul Skinner.

Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Sylvestre Acosta and Paul Skinner, both former members of the Buffalo New York Police Department, appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Chief District Judge). Both were convicted of violating civil rights under color of law and conspiracy to do so in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 242 and 241, and carrying a firearm during the commission of a...

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