United States v. Shahid Iqbal

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Appellant Shahid Iqbal (“Iqbal”) pled guilty to . one count of structuring financial transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) subsequently attempted to introduce Iqbal’s Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) in a removal proceeding; the immigration court refused to admit the PSR without the district court’s approval, which DHS then sought. Iqbal in turn requested criminal contempt sanctions against the DHS attorneys who pursued disclosure of his PSR. The district court granted DHS’s motion after redacting…