United States v. Nelson

THE CASE

HILLMAN, District Judge.

The defendant, Earl Nelson, was indicted by a federal grand jury for making materially false statements on a loan application to a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. Acting upon motion of the defendant, Chief Judge Noel P. Fox dismissed the indictment due to insufficiency of the evidence and because enforcement of 18 U.S.C. § 1014 was held to violate the defendant’s privacy rights. The United States Attorney moved to have the indictment reinstated. The case was subsequently reassigned by Judge Fox, and the matter is currently before me. I…