U.S. v. MEZA-RODRIGUEZ

No. 14-3271.

798 F.3d 664 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mariano A. MEZA-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail J. Hoffman , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph Aragorn Bugni , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


When Mariano Meza-Rodriguez, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested in August 2013, he was carrying a .22 caliber cartridge. But it was what he did not have — documentation showing that he is lawfully in the United States — that concerns us now. His immigration status made his possession of the cartridge a crime under...

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