United States v. Abbas

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2009-03-26

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TINDER, Circuit Judge. Omar Abbas challenges the application of U.S.S.G. § 2C1.1 (extortion under color of official right) to his sentence for impersonating an FBI agent and argues that he should be re-sentenced. While we agree that impersonation of a public official is not action “under color of official right” (and thus does not qualify for treatment under § 2C1.1), we find that…

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