Legal Opinion
Faustino Calderon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 1997No. 96-2248PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Faustino Calderon and Luis Perez were cellmates at the federal correctional institution in Oxford, Wisconsin (“FCI Oxford”) when Calderon provided information to the Government relating to the criminal activity of Jose Rivera — a relative of Perez. Perez subsequently learned or believed that Calderon had provided this information to the Government, and on several occasions he either threatened Calderon or extorted money from him. Fearing further reprisals, Calderon told at least four of the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) personnel at FCI Oxford about Perez’s threats.…
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