U.S. v. FIDSE

No. 13-50734.

778 F.3d 477 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdullahi Omar FIDSE, also known as Abdirahman LNU, also known as Abdiraham Fidse, also known as Abdullaho Fidse, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Twain Roomberg, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Attorney's Office San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Judy Fulmer Madewell , Assistant Federal Public Defender Maureen Scott Franco , Federal Public Defender Federal Public Defender's Office San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, COSTA, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


After arriving in the United States from Somalia, Abdullahi Omar Fidse lied to government officials in connection with his asylum application and during a subsequent investigation into his terrorism connections. As a result, Fidse pleaded guilty to two obstruction offenses. The issue on appeal is whether the district court properly

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