U.S. v. KALU

No. 18-20399.

936 F.3d 678 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elekwachi KALU, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Kane , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Suite 1244, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20530, Joanna K. W. Bowman , Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, 1400 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005-0000, Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Suite 2300, 1000 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Adler , Suite 120, 6750 West Loop, S., Bellaire, TX 77401-0000, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, ELROD, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


Elekwachi Kalu pleaded guilty, without the benefit of a plea agreement, to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The district court sentenced Kalu at the bottom of the guideline range to 70 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Kalu appeals his sentence, contending that the district court...

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