Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 248 18 U.S.C. § 371 18 U.S.C. § 1001 18 U.S.C. § 1341 18 U.S.C. § 1623 18 U.S.C. § 1951 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) 18 U.S.C. § 1961 Supreme Court 265 U.S. 182, 188 272 U.S. 620, 628 295 U.S. 78, 88 354 U.S. 298, 312 410 U.S. 396 421 U.S. 240, 247 424 U.S. 409, 440 438 U.S. 478, 512 502 U.S. 46, 59 507 U.S. 725, 732 Circuit Courts 291 F. 1008, 1010 92 F.2d 753, 755 122 F.2d 675, 681 249 F.2d 295, 296 301 F.2d 760, 765 570 F.2d 1251, 1258 665 F.2d 661, 667 720 F.2d 1327, 1335 751 F.2d 265 821 F.2d 1568, 1570 847 F.2d 542, 547 870 F.2d 769 907 F.2d 1051, 1067 908 F.2d 1531, 1535 921 F.2d 1465, 1499 934 F.2d 270, 274 23 F.3d 129, 134 36 F.3d 1552, 1556 44 F.3d 913, 920-921 59 F.3d 659, 664 79 F.3d 1550, 1556-1557 87 F.3d 1235, 1241 135 F.3d 703, 707 162 F.3d 1334, 1338 178 F.3d 1230, 1233 228 F.3d 1294, 1298 255 F.3d 1322, 1324 262 F.3d 1217, 1236 274 F.3d 1320, 1323 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 9 F. Supp. 2d 1291, 1297-1300 45 F. Supp. 1007, 1011 156 F. Supp. 2d 153, 162-164 179 F. Supp. 2d 233, 259 609 F. Supp. 419, 430 632 F. Supp. 532, 540 657 F. Supp. 1134, 1142-1147 671 F. Supp. 79 726 F. Supp. 1083, 1095 862 F. Supp. 204, 207 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 408