United States Says Cert Not Needed For Man’s Payday Lending Conviction

Mealey's (June 1, 2020, 8:54 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The fraud and racketeering convictions of a Pennsylvania man for his role in a payday lending scheme involving Native American tribes does not need to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court because, as the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly found, the trial court committed no errors in various challenged rulings in the case, the U.S. government says in a May 26 court-ordered response brief (Charles M. Hallinan v. United States, No. 19-1087, U.S. Sup.)....