United States Sixth Circuit

When an independent, professional health care provider submits a fraudulent billing to an insurance company, the care provider is eligible for a two-level sentence enhancement under USSG 3B1.3 for abuse of a position of trust even though he is not a doctor.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/06/2001
• Decided 08/03/2001
• Published 08/03/2001

Judges

• Before BATCHELDER and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Melvin Houston (argued and briefed), Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald A. Davis, Assistant United States Attorney (argued and briefed), Grand Rapids, MI, for Appellee.