Van Haften v. United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN, Petitioner, OPINION and ORDER v. 19-cv-152-jdp UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 15-cr-37-jdp Respondent. Joshua Van Haften pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1), which prohibits “knowingly provid[ing] material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempt[ing] or conspir[ing] to do so.” In this case, Van Haften admitted that he attempted to provide material support to ISIS by travelling from Wisconsin to Turkey with the intent to enter Syria and join the organization.…