Judge’s soft-on-crime record exposed in blistering appeal of accused ICE attacker’s case
A federal appeals brief has sharply criticized Judge Fernando M. Olguin for dismissing the case against Carlitos Ricardo Parias, an illegal immigrant accused of attacking ICE agents with his vehicle. The brief alleges Olguin predetermined the outcome before trial and cites two other dismissed cases involving alleged anti-cop agitators and a firearms suspect. Critics argue these rulings reflect a pattern of judicial overreach and a soft-on-crime approach.
- ▪First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli filed a 79-page appeal challenging Judge Olguin's dismissal of charges against Carlitos Ricardo Parias for allegedly ramming ICE vehicles.
- ▪Olguin previously dismissed a case against Marco Antonio Arreola-Arreola, an alleged illegal immigrant caught handling stolen rifles, because he was already in immigration custody.
- ▪The judge also dismissed charges against Nathan Wilson and Christopher Beasley, who were accused of arson for setting a police car on fire during a George Floyd protest.
- ▪A federal appeals court later reinstated the charges against Wilson and Beasley, with one judge stating the district court had overstepped its boundaries.
- ▪Olguin dismissed Parias' case on the grounds that he was denied access to legal counsel during immigration detention, but the appeal claims the decision was premeditated.
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Metro Judge’s soft-on-crime record exposed in blistering appeal of accused ICE attacker’s case By Ben Chapman Published May 3, 2026, 4:47 p.m. ET A federal judge who threw out a case against an illegal Mexican immigrant arrested for striking ICE agents with his car chose to let the accused criminal off “well before the parties ever stepped foot in his courtroom,” a bombshell appeal claims. In a blistering 79-page legal brief filed on Wednesday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli challenged federal Judge Fernando M. Olguin’s dismissal of the case against Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who was charged in October with assaulting a federal officer after allegedly ramming law enforcement vehicles while attempting to flee an immigration arrest.
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