UNITED STATES v. SANCHEZ

Nos. 18-2538, 18-3045, 18-3088, 19-1335, 19-1591, 19-1612, & 19-3405.

989 F.3d 523 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerardo SANCHEZ, Edgar Roque, Phillip Diaz, Richard Roque, Omar Ramirez, Steven G. Mendoza, & Juan J. Cervantes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 18-2538, 18-3045, 18-3088, 19-1335, 19-1591, 19-1612.

Andrianna D. Kastanek , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 19-3405.

Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Gerardo Sanchez.

Michelle L. Jacobs , Vanessa K. Eisenmann , Attorneys, Biskupic & Jacobs, S.C., Mequon, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Edgar Roque.

Laura K. McNally , Robin V. Waters , Attorneys, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, IL, Lisa Rubin , Attorney, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Phillip Diaz.

Ruth F. Masters , Attorney, Masters Law, Oak Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Richard Roque.

Amir Mohabbat , Attorney, Chicagoland & Suburban Law Firm, P.C., Oak Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Omar Ramirez.

James M. Falvey , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Steven G. Mendoza.

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

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Wood and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


The Roque drug trafficking organization moved in excess of 1,500 kilograms of cocaine and 100 kilograms of heroin from Mexico to Chicago for distribution and sale. The experienced district court judge who presided over these consolidated cases had never seen "the level of drugs that were pumped into Chicago" by this criminal...

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