United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for convictions on federal drug charges is affirmed over defendant's equal-protection argument that he was a "class of one" subjected to a federal mandatory-minimum sentence, whereas similarly-situated defendants charged in state court faced no such minimum.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/29/2008
• Decided 09/10/2008
• Published 09/10/2008

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kelly B. Watzka (argued), Michelle L. Jacobs, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James A. Walrath (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.