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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
JONATHAN-MICHAEL BROWN,
Defendant-Appellant. |
No. 23-1212 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
No. 1:22-cr-00080-1—Jane M. Beckering, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: November 22, 2023
Before: SILER, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. After using a false ID to buy twenty-five firearms, Jonathan-Michael Brown pled guilty to several fraud offenses. The district court enhanced Brown’s
sentence because he had a stolen gun when police arrested him. Brown argues that the stolen
gun wasn’t relevant to his sentencing. But because Brown possessed twenty-five other stolen
firearms—those he fraudulently purchased—we affirm. |
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THOMAS BALTRUSAITIS; GUILLERMO ANTUNEZ; PATRICK
BARTH; RICHARD BROECKER; RYAN BUDEK; TUYEN
CHU; DARRYL CRAIG; SATISH DOSHI; JOHN FLETCHER;
EMORY GASPERAK; JON HUTCHINSON; ALAN R.
JARZEMBOWSKI; FRANK KOTSONIS; SANDRA D. LANGE;
ARTHUR LAURIN; KEVIN LUCZAK; TIM MAURO-VETTER;
REGINALD MCINTYRE; CARL OBERNDORFER; JEROME
PEACOCK; EJAZ RAHMAN; CHARLIE RICKMAN; MARK
ROSINSKI; GREG RYNTZ; MICHAEL SAVOSKY; BRIAN
SCHIFFMAN; FRED SCHNELL; GREGORY SKONIECZNY;
LISA SOWINSKI; SURAJ TANDON; CHANCE TESS; JAMES
VIRIGLIO; BRIAN WARDA; COREY WATKINS; DANNY
WOODRUFF; HAROLD WRIGHT; JOHN ZELL; JAMES
ZIEMIANSKI,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE,
AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS
OF AMERICA; FCA US, LLC; ALPHONS IACOBELLI;
JEROME DURDEN; MICHAEL BROWN; DENNIS WILLIAMS;
GARY JONES; NORWOOD H. JEWELL; VIRDELL KING;
KEITH MICKENS; JOHN DOES 1–10,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 22-1383 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Port Huron.
No. 3:20-cv-12793—Robert H. Cleland, District Judge.
Argued: July 20, 2023
Decided and Filed: November 22, 2023
Before: GILMAN, LARSEN, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs are current and former engineers employed by
automaker FCA US LLC (now Stellantis). In 2011, FCA transferred the work that plaintiffs had
previously performed at FCA’s company headquarters to a new location. Plaintiffs were
unhappy with the transfer, and in 2015 they filed a grievance with their union, the United Auto
Workers (UAW). The UAW failed to pursue it. In 2017, plaintiffs filed essentially the same
grievance, but the UAW again did not pursue it. By this time, plaintiffs had learned of a massive
bribery scheme involving FCA and the UAW. Plaintiffs believed that those bribes had affected
the 2011 job-relocation process, as well as the UAW’s treatment of their grievances. In 2018,
plaintiffs filed the same grievance again. Nearly two years later, the UAW found the grievance
meritorious. Plaintiffs then sued FCA, the UAW, and various individual defendants in October
2020, raising claims under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) and the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Defendants moved to dismiss, arguing that
the statute of limitations barred both claims. The district court agreed and dismissed the
complaint. For the reasons stated, we AFFIRM. |
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