U.S. v. CHEZAN

No. 16-1134.

829 F.3d 785 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael CHEZAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Riggs Bonamici , Stuart D. Fullerton , Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jayna M. Cacioppo , Indianapolis, IN, Michael D. Froelich , Chicago, IL, Aaron M. Herzig , John B. Nalbandian , Cincinnati, OH, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Posner and Sykes, Circuit Judges, and Yandle, District Judge.


The defendant pleaded guilty in 2011 to aiding and abetting marriage fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a), and in 2016 was sentenced to three years in prison. Not being an American citizen he is very likely to be deported upon completion of his prison sentence, because marriage fraud is an aggravated felony if the...

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