U.S. v. WIJEGOONARATNA

No. 17-50255.

922 F.3d 983 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sri WIJEGOONARATNA, aka Dr. J, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alyssa D. Bell (argued), Anya J. Goldstein , and Reuven L. Cohen , Cohen Williams LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Steven M. Arkow (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Lawrence S. Middleton , Chief, Criminal Division; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Defendant Sri Wijegoonaratna appeals his jury conviction and sentence for seven counts of health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347. We affirm Wijegoonaratna's conviction, and we affirm in part and vacate and remand in part his sentence.

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