Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey’s latest effort to get his federal prison sentence for campaign finance fraud overturned has been rejected by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A three-judge panel had taken less than a month from oral arguments in June to deny the Germantown Republican’s appeal of his 21-month sentence on the basis that prosecutors had reneged on the guidelines of his plea agreement.
The original panel reviewed the petition for a rehearing and determined that the issues it raised “were fully considered upon the original submission and decision.” The request was then circulated to the full court, but no judge requested a vote on the motion.