U.S. v. CHANEY

Nos. 17-6167, 6239, 6240, 6314, 6315, 6351.

921 F.3d 572 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Alvin CHANEY, M.D. (17-6239/6351); Lesa L. Chaney (17-6167/6314); Ace Clinique of Medicine, LLC (17-6240/6315), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Abell , ROBERT ABELL LAW, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant Lesa Chaney. Christy J. Love , LOVE LAW FIRM, PLLC, London, Kentucky for Appellants James Chaney and Ace Clinique of Medicine, LLC., Amanda B. Harris , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee ON BRIEF: Robert L. Abell , ROBERT ABELL LAW, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant Lesa Chaney , Christy J. Love , LOVE LAW FIRM, PLLC, London, Kentucky for Appellants James Chaney , and Ace Clinique of Medicine, LLC., Amanda B. Harris , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Roger West , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: COLE, Chief Judge; SUHRHEINRICH and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

James Alvin Chaney ("Ace") and Lesa Chaney owned and operated a highly profitable clinic in Hazard, Kentucky called Ace Clinique of Medicine. Eventually, the clinic attracted suspicion that it was a "pill mill": a clinic that distributes addictive prescription pills without a legitimate medical...

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