U.S. v. SPIVEY

No. 18-4099.

956 F.3d 212 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Malcolm SPIVEY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric Joseph Brignac , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Phillip Anthony Rubin , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: G. Alan DuBois , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion in which Judge Harris and Judge Rushing joined.


This appeal requires us to answer the following question: when a state sex offender subject to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) relocates from one state to another and fails to update his registration in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), in which judicial district(s) is venue proper?

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