UNITED STATES v. NIETO

No. 19-2209 & 19-3408.

29 F.4th 859 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert NIETO and Darrick R. Vallodolid, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Whalen , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leslie M. Schmidt , Julia Devereux Harper , Eric Scott Schlabs , Attorneys, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Robert Nieto.

Gabrielle R. Sansonetti , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Darrick P. Vallodolid.

Before Ripple, Rovner, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Robert Nieto and Darrick Vallodolid once led chapters of the Latin Kings gang in northwest Indiana. Both received life sentences following a jury trial resulting in convictions for violating federal racketeering and narcotics laws, with the jury also finding that Nieto and Vallodolid participated in murders to further the...

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