United States v. David Isser Greene

David Isser Greene, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, appeals the district court’s sentence imposed under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (hereinafter U.S.S.G.). Greene pleaded guilty to mail fraud and to providing a prohibited object to a federal prisoner, stemming from his agreement to arrange a Jewish divorce (also known as a “get”) for a federal prison inmate. Greene entered into a plea agreement which, among other things, set forth the sentencing guidelines recommendations of the parties that the amount of the fraud equaled $5,500 and that Greene did not abuse his position of trust or use a…