U.S. v. RIVERA

Nos. 13-2722, 13-2723, 13-2864.

799 F.3d 180 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Antonio RIVERA, aka Santos Morales, aka Antonio Almadamo, aka Santos Garcia, Jason Villaman, aka Santi, John Whaley, aka John Holly, aka Johnny, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Carman , Garden City, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Antonio Rivera.

Jonathan I. Edelstein , Edelstein & Grossman, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Jason Villaman.

Elizabeth A. Latif ( Daniel E. Wenner , on the brief), Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant John Whaley.

Amy Busa , Assistant United States Attorney ( Jo Ann Navickas , Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Kelly T. Currie , Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Before: JACOBS, CALABRESI, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


Appellants Antonio Rivera, Jason Villaman, and John Whaley appeal from judgments entered on June 27, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Feuerstein, J.). Appellants operated two bars on Long Island that also functioned as illegal brothels. They advertised a decent salary and free...

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