United States v. Fadi Alameh

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

On August 21, 2002, after a bench trial before Judge Kimba M. Wood of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, defendant Fadi Ala-meh was convicted of one count of unlawful procurement of naturalization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425(b). On appeal, the defendant challenges this conviction on multiple grounds, claiming 1) that the stat ute of limitations had expired by the time the indictment was filed, 2) that the district court erred a) by not permitting pretrial discovery to establish whether the government was selectively…