U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Tamela Lee
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Eric L. Clay
- Judge John Baylor Nalbandian
Case history
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March 18, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Tamela Lee
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0045p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ │…
CLAY, Circuit Judge. Defendant Tamela M. Lee ("Defendant" or "Lee") appeals from the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing her to a total term of sixty months' imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, Hobbs Act conspiracy, and Hobbs Act extortion, in violation of…
NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge, concurring. I concur in the lead opinion, which accurately sets forth the governing law and, I believe, reaches the correct result under that law. Nevertheless, I am troubled by this case and write separately to explain why. To be clear, there is nothing admirable or praiseworthy, to say the least, about defendant Tamela Lee's conduct. Lee very plainly traded on her status as an elected o…