United States Sixth Circuit

A sentence for transporting illegal aliens from New Jersey to Tennessee for the purpose of obtaining driver's licenses for the aliens is reversed where the documents defendant procured were not related to immigration or naturalization, and thus, the district court erred in sentencing Rivera under U.S.S.G. section 2L2.1.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2008
• Published 02/20/2008

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mike Whalen, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.   Jeffrey E. Theodore, Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Mike Whalen, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Jeffrey E. Theodore, Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.