Pius Ailemen’s name has become synonymous with federal wiretap laws after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker tossed much of the evidence against a dozen people indicted as part of an alleged drug trafficking ring because of a federal agent’s misrepresentations to a federal judge.

After the case was re-indicted and assigned to Judge Charles Breyer, however, it became notorious for another reason — fighting between defense counsel that resulted in Breyer referring the pair for discipline after a jury convicted Ailemen of smuggling heroin.

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