U.S. v. RAMIREZ

No. 19-20098.

979 F.3d 276 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John P. RAMIREZ, Medical Doctor, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Kane , Ann Adams , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, Jeremy Raymond Sanders , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lourdes Rodriguez , Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Smith, Clement, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Dr. John Ramirez committed healthcare fraud. The district court sentenced him to 300 months in prison. Ramirez argues that his sentence is unlawful because the district court miscalculated his offense level. We disagree and affirm.

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Ramirez defrauded Medicare. He falsely certified that Medicare...

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