U.S. v. MUJAHID

Nos. 11-30276, 12-30070.

799 F.3d 1228 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sabil M. MUJAHID, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated October 23, 2014.

Resubmitted and Filed August 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Balazs (argued), Law Office of John P. Balazs, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jo Ann Farrington (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Karen Loeffler , United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Sexual assault by and against prison inmates is a distressing and pernicious problem. In this case, we decide whether the Constitution gives Congress the power to address it by criminalizing sexual assaults in facilities where federal inmates are held by agreement with state and local governments. We also...

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