U.S. v. DEKELAITA

No. 17-1644.

875 F.3d 855 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert DEKELAITA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrianna D. Kastanek , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Bernard Nash , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Attorney Robert DeKelaita thought he had found the perfect recipe for success: identify a niche and become the expert. But he overlooked the part about complying with the law: his niche included helping clients submit fraudulent asylum applications. When it caught up with him, the government charged him with engaging in a single...

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