U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Sirous Asgari
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Alice Moore Batchelder
- Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Judge Bernice Bouie Donald
Case history
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March 19, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Sirous Asgari
Opinions and writings
SUTTON, Circuit Judge. In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators applied for a warr…