Obama-appointed judge under fire for light sentence and praise of illegal immigrant who raped woman with cerebral palsy

And once they manage to get him out of prison, progressives will fight like hell to keep their hero in the US....

The title is clickbait and the story is not there unless things go massively wrong. This is another selective persecution based on innuendo and little more than lies.

Per ChatGPT:

I wasn’t able to find the actual court filings or a sentencing transcript online yet (e.g., a PDF of the judge’s written opinion or a direct court transcript) — those often aren’t published publicly until they’re filed on PACER or linked in appellate filings.

However, here’s what credible sources do show about what the judge said versus the more inflammatory paraphrasing circulating online:

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🧾 1. What the judge actually did (based on reporting)

According to reporting from multiple sources:

✅ Refusal to impose additional prison time for immigration crimes

• Judge Levy declined to give the defendant an additional two years for illegal re-entry — beyond the sentence already given for the violent offense. ( Washington Examiner )

✅ Sentencing context

• The defendant had been convicted previously of a violent sex crime against a disabled woman and received a sentence already in place.

• The recent controversy is over whether to add more time for immigration violations. ( Washington Examiner )

Those actions are factual based on credible reporting. ( Washington Examiner )

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🧠 2. About the attributing of specific quotes

Some outlets claim the judge said things like:

“future ambassador for living up to our immigration restrictions ”
— and praised the defendant’s “family devotion” and “work willingness.” ( Washington Examiner )

But that phrasing has not been published as a direct quote from a judge’s official ruling by a respected news outlet or in the public court record available online.

• The version above comes from a Washington Examiner article paraphrasing criticism from the Department of Homeland Security and political commentators, with wording that attributes phrasing to critics reporting on the judge’s comments . ( Washington Examiner )

There’s no publicly available transcript or court filing yet with the judge’s exact words that I could locate online.

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📌 3. Where the actual language would come from

To see exactly what Judge Levy herself wrote or said, the sources you’d need are:

• The Judge’s written sentencing order in USA v. Edys Membrano Diaz (Eastern District of Michigan).

• Any subsequent appellate briefing or orders in that case (the appellate docket shows there is an appeal underway). ( opn.ca6.uscourts.gov )

Courts don’t typically publish sentencing transcripts to the public for every criminal case — you have to get them from:

1. PACER account (federal court electronic access)

• The sentencing order or opinion might be filed there.

2. The appellate record

• Because prosecutors appealed, the corresponding briefs may include quotes from the district court decision.

3. Audio/video if available

• Some federal courts make oral statements available, but that depends on the court. (I didn’t find a direct link for this case.) ( U.S. Courts Fourth Circuit )

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🟡 Right now, here’s the reliable picture

✔ Facts supported by multiple outlets:

• A federal judge (Judith Levy) did decline to add additional time for immigration violations. ( Washington Examiner )

• The defendant was convicted of a violent sex crime and sentenced already. ( Washington Examiner )

• The U.S. Attorney’s Office is appealing that decision as too lenient. ( Washington Examiner )

⚠ Claims not verified by direct court documents yet:

• Specific phrases like “ambassador for living up to immigration restrictions” as direct quotes from the judge. ( Washington Examiner )

• Any praise of the crime itself by the judge (this remains a paraphrase from critics). ( Washington Examiner )

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🛠 How to actually see the judge’s words

If you want the precise language from the judge’s opinion/remarks , the best next steps are:

1. Look up the case on PACER

   • Case: USA v. Edys Membrano Diaz in the Eastern District of Michigan .

   • Search for the sentencing order (document listing sentencing rationale).

2. Check the Sixth Circuit docket

   • Since there’s an appeal, the briefs may quote the sentencing order.

3. Contact the Clerk’s Office

   • They can tell you how to obtain the sentencing transcript or opinion.

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and:

Here’s what credible reporting and publicly available records show about the sentence that is already in place for Edys Renan Membreño Díaz :

📘 State Court Sentence for the Violent Crime

• According to the Michigan Department of Corrections offender lookup , Edys Renan Membreño Díaz was convicted in Oakland County, Michigan of Criminal Sexual Conduct (3rd Degree) and received an active sentence of :
  ➡️ 6 years minimum to 15 years maximum in prison for that sexual assault conviction.
  — His earliest release date is listed as July 23, 2028 , and the maximum discharge date as July 23, 2037 . ( Michigan Department of Corrections )

🧩 Federal Custody Sentence for Immigration Violations

• Separate from the state sentence for the sexual assault, reports say the federal judge (Judge Judith Levy) treated the federal immigration offense (illegal re-entry) as already sufficiently addressed by the time the defendant had already spent in custody.

• Some reports about the federal handling indicate that Judge Levy viewed the approximately five months the defendant already spent in federal custody for the immigration charge as adequate punishment for that offense — and did not add more federal prison time beyond that. ( Acast )

• U.S. prosecutors pointed out that the typical sentence for comparable federal re-entry offenses is around 19 months . ( Acast )

🧠 What This Means in Practice

✔ State sentence (for rape/sexual assault):

• 6 – 15 years in Michigan prison, with possible release as early as July 2028 based on credit/time served. ( Michigan Department of Corrections )

✔ Federal sentence (for illegal re-entry):

• Reportedly about five months served already , with no additional federal prison time imposed by the judge. ( Acast )

So the main prison time that keeps him in custody for the foreseeable future is from his Michigan state conviction (the 6–15 year sentence for criminal sexual conduct). The federal sentencing decision at issue was about additional federal time for immigration violations — not about increasing the already imposed state sentence. ( Michigan Department of Corrections )

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and:

What keeps getting misrepresented here is the actual sentence. The defendant was convicted in Michigan state court of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and is serving a 6-to-15-year prison sentence that began in July 2022 . As of now, he has already served over three years in custody , with an earliest possible release in 2028 and a maximum discharge in 2037 . The federal dispute being discussed does not reduce or erase that sentence. It concerns whether to add additional federal time for illegal re-entry , after the state sentence is completed. No credible reporting shows the judge “praised” the crime or the assault; those claims come from partisan paraphrasing, not court transcripts. You can reasonably argue about whether extra federal time should be imposed, but saying the rapist “got off easy” or was “celebrated” is simply false.

and:

Michigan uses indeterminate sentencing, so “6–15 years” means parole eligibility at 6 years and mandatory release no later than 15; for third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a disabled victim, a 6-year minimum is well within standard guideline ranges and is not a downward or exceptional sentence.

official ruling by a respected news outle

I guess the Media Bias fact Check site is out the window....

mediabiasfactcheck

Just more faux outrage over a misleading story using conjecture and opinion to make a claim against Democrats and Obama because these sad little weak MAGAites are so fucking gullible to rightwing propaganda and lies and so desperate to prove their racist hate somehow reasonable.

Well, the judge did not provide any protection against deportation.  And the sex crime is justification, under law, for deportation regardless of immigration status.  

Diaz could spend a little time in Alligator Alcatraz before taking that slow boat back to Honduras.