United States v. Shields

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In Count Five of the superseding indictment in this case, defendants David J. Shields and Pasquale F. DeLeo are charged with causing FBI undercover agent James Nixon to travel in and use the facilities of interstate commerce from August 24, 1988 to August 29, 1988 in order to facilitate unlawful activity (namely, bribery) in violation of the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952. Shields has moved to dismiss this count of the indictment, contending that the facts underlying the charge reveal no effort on his part to cause…