ISIS
United States v. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar
Status: Sinmyah Amera Ceasar: Sentenced, April 9, 2025
- District
- Eastern District of New York
- Docket number
- 17-CR-48 (KAM); 19-CR-117 (KAM); 22-CR-459 (KAM)
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- April 9, 2025
Primary Sources
- ISIS Supporter Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Prison for Recruiting for ISIS, Obstruction, and Attempting to Flee Justice, Office of Public Affairs, April 9, 2025
- ISIS Supporter Sentenced to 230 Months’ Imprisonment for Recruiting for ISIS, Obstruction, and Attempting to Flee Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, April 9, 2025
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Sinmyah Amera Ceasar
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, April 9, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
In June 2019, the late United States District Judge Jack B. Weinstein sentenced Ceasar to 48 months’ imprisonment for the material support and obstruction offenses, and the government appealed.
- Age
- 30 (per DOJ release of April 9, 2025)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS, obstructing justice, and failing to appear for court as required
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Sentencing
- April 9, 2025
- Sentence
- 230 months’ imprisonment (DOJ, April 9, 2025)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-ceasar-2025/