U.S. v. FU SHENG KUO

Nos. 08-10314, 08-10330.

588 F.3d 729 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FU SHENG KUO, aka Fu Shen Kuo, aka Pakea, aka Zhu Ge, Translated, Brother Pig, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shengji Wang, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Wolff, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Pamela E. Tamashiro, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellants.

Karen L. Stevens, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: ROBERT R. BEEZER, SUSAN P. GRABER, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Fu Sheng Kuo and Shengji Wang appeal the imposition of restitution following their pleas of guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 241, Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights. Defendants "knowingly and willfully conspired to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate [Chinese women] recruited for and engaged in prostitution, in the Territory of American Samoa." As we explain below, restitution for "lost income," 18 U.S.C. § 3663, is...

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