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U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 99-21044.

240 F.3d 445 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shannon Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Powers (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Katherine L. Haden, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roland E. Dahlin II, Fed. Pub. Def., Thomas S. Berg, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., H. Michael Sokolow (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and VELA, District Judge.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

At issue is whether a guard employed by a private entity operating a detention center under contract with the Immigration & Naturalization Service is a "public official" for purposes of the federal bribery statute under which Shannon Thomas was convicted, 18 U.S.C. § 201(a)(1), (b)(2). We AFFIRM.

I.

Thomas was employed as a guard at a private prison facility in Texas, owned and operated by Corrections...

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