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United States v. Bey

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Aug 25, 2008
289 F. App'x 954 (7th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

Nos. 06-3522, 06-3896.

Submitted June 20, 2008.

Decided August 25, 2008. Rehearing En Banc Denied October 15, 2008.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 04 CR 950. Wayne R. Andersen, Judge.

John F. Podliska, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Deborah A. Ahmad Bey, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge, RICHARD D. CUDAHY, Circuit Judge and MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge.


ORDER

In an unpublished order, we held that Deborah Ahmad Bey's three-month sentence of imprisonment for making false statements in her bankruptcy jury trial was unreasonably short, and remanded for resentencing. United States v. Ahmad Bey, 244 Fed.Appx. 57, 58 (7th Cir. 2007). The Supreme Court granted Bey's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacated our judgment, and remanded the case to us for reconsideration in light of Gall v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). See Bey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2089, 170 L.Ed.2d 814 (2008). In Gall, the Supreme Court held that appellate courts may not presume sentences outside the guidelines range are unreasonable, and that we may not use a rigid formula for determining whether an out-of-guidelines sentence is justified. Gall, 128 S.Ct. at 594-95, 597. But we did not use either of those approaches prior to Gall. See United States v. McIlrath, 512 F.3d 421, 426 (7th Cir. 2008). Nor did we apply either approach previously in resolving this case. Our earlier analysis is therefore unaffected by Gall, and our earlier order that the district judge resentence the defendant remains correct.


Summaries of

United States v. Bey

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Aug 25, 2008
289 F. App'x 954 (7th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

United States v. Bey

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Deborah…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Date published: Aug 25, 2008

Citations

289 F. App'x 954 (7th Cir. 2008)

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