United States v. Mir Islam

Katsas, Circuit Judge:

This appeal addresses the legal consequences of a criminal defendant's failure to object to a magistrate judge's adverse report and recommendation. We also consider claims that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance during proceedings to revoke a term of supervised release.

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Mir Islam received two federal sentences for various offenses. In the Southern District of New York, Islam pleaded guilty to crimes involving credit-card fraud, identity theft, and computer hacking. An SDNY judge sentenced him to one day of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised…