United States v. Toma

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

J. THOMAS MARTEN, District Judge.

Six years after working in Wichita, Kansas while attending community college on a student visa, and after making multiple trips between the United States to the Netherlands, Dutch citizen Eugen Radu Toma learned in 2011 that the federal government has charged him with making false statements in connection with his 2005 Wichita employment. The court finds that the present prosecution violates Toma’s constitutional right to a speedy trial, and grants his motion to dismiss.

Findings of Fact

In 2005, Toma, who was born in Romania but holds Dutch…