United States v. Brandy Lemons

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Brandy Lemons was convicted of making a false statement to the government and theft of government funds in connection with receipt of social security disability benefits. The district court 1 sentenced her to a term of 12 months and a day in prison. Lemons challenges several evi-dentiary rulings at trial and asserts a procedural error at sentencing. We affirm.

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Lemons applied for social security disability benefits in June 2009 after she was diagnosed with arachnoiditis, a pain disorder caused by inflammation of a membrane that surrounds the nerves of the spinal cord.…