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U.S. v. KASHAMU

No. 10-2782.

656 F.3d 679 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Buruji KASHAMU, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane MacArthur (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonthan R. Buck , Pravin Rao (argued), Attorneys, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider the collateral estoppel effect, if any, of findings made by foreign courts in extradition proceedings. Back in May 1998 defendant Kashamu was one of fourteen persons charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Chicago with conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. He was indicted both in his own name and under what the government believed to be two aliases...

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