United States v. Thaddeus Bania

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Four years after the imposition of his sentence, Thaddeus Bania filed a motion with the district court, challenging the propriety of the sentencing judge’s restitution order. Because the district court lacked jurisdiction to hear Bania’s motion and the time to appeal his sentence has long passed, we affirm the court’s denial of the motion.

I. Background

Thaddeus Bania stands convicted of eleven criminal counts due to his part in an effort to rig a union election. In 2004, Bania and several cohorts schemed to ensure the reelection of two leaders of Local 743 of the…