United States v. Treadwell

In this direct appeal, the defendant challenges several aspects of his trial on charges of filing false claims and the sentence that resulted from his conviction. We find no error in the district court’s handling of delays that resulted in a seemingly long interlude between arrest and trial or its denying the defendant’s motion to recuse, which was based on the district judge’s expression of frustration with what he regarded as the defendant’s attempts to abuse the criminal justice system. The admission of certain self-incriminating statements over the defendant’s argument that they were…