UNITED STATES v. ELIZONDO

Nos. 20-2167 & 20-2366.

21 F.4th 453 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Xavier ELIZONDO & David Salgado, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Joseph Byrnes Franzblau , Ankur Srivastava , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Petro , Attorney, Michael J. Petro, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant David Salgado.

Patrick W. Blegen , Jodi Garvey , Attorneys, Blegen & Garvey, Chicago, IL, Sarah Kelsey Hipp , Attorney, Kopecky, Schumacher, Rosenburg, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Xavier Elizondo.

Before SYKES, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.


Chicago Police Officers Xavier Elizondo and David Salgado used their positions to embezzle drugs and cash, some of which they distributed to informants. As part of their scheme, they encouraged informants to present false information to state judges to obtain search warrants, which in turn yielded more drugs and cash. The...

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