United States v. Silver

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

VALERIE CAPRONI, District Judge.

In his third attempt to have the charges against him dismissed,1 Defendant Sheldon Silver argues that the Government has failed adequately to allege that he committed the crimes with which he is charged. Specifically, Silver contends that the Superseding Indictment is deficient because (1) Silver’s alleged conduct amounts, at most, to coercion, rather than to Hobbs Act extortion; (2) the fraudulent schemes in which he allegedly engaged may have constituted self-dealing or ethical conflicts but did not include “bribes or kickbacks” as…