A protester is seeking probation and a nominal fine after a Charlotte, North Carolina, jury found him guilty of hindering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from carrying out their official duties, arguing he was acquitted of the more serious charge and saying the conduct didn’t stem from “selfish motives.” Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Chicago doctor due to spend three months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud federal health programs at the city’s now-defunct Sacred Heart Hospital asked an Illinois federal court Wednesday to let him stay free until his Seventh Circuit appeal is decided. Law360: acquitted