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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Scott C. Redman

Case No.: 17-1357

Officials: EASTERBROOK and BARRETT, Circuit Judges, and STADTMUELLER, District Judge

Focus: Sentencing

From September 2015 until his arrest in February 2016, Scott Redman posed as a psychiatrist at a Chicago medical clinic using the name and license number of Dr. Julian Lopez Garcia. He “treated” patients who suffered from a variety of mental illnesses, and he “prescribed” a variety of controlled substances. Redman is not a doctor; indeed, he did not attend school past the tenth grade.

A jury found Redman guilty of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, furnishing false and fraudulent material information in documents required under the federal drug laws, and distributing controlled substances. The district court sentenced Redman to 157 months’ imprisonment for these offenses.

On appeal, Redman does not contest his convictions, but he claims that the district court erred in determining the appropriate sentence. Finding no error in Redman’s sentence, we affirm the decision of the district court.

Affirmed

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