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KARDOH v. U.S.

No. 07-15700.

572 F.3d 697 (2009)

Abdul Masih KARDOH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Attorney, Barbara J. Valliere, Hartley M.K. West (argued), and Stephanie M. Hinds, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant United States.

Erik Babcock (argued), Oakland, CA, and Jonathan M. Kaufman, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Abdul Masih Kardoh.

Before PROCTER HUG, JR., GLENN L. ARCHER, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:

Abdul Masih Kardoh, a Syrian national, obtained four alien registration cards bearing names of persons not entitled to enter the United States from an undercover agent posing as a corrupt immigration official, to whom Kardoh paid $40,000 in exchange. A few minutes after the transaction, Kardoh was arrested, still carrying the four cards. The government did not prosecute Kardoh, but he was deported two months later. Kardoh then sought to recover...

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