UNITED STATES v. PUGH

No. 21-13136.

90 F.4th 1318 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tia Deyon PUGH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 18, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher John Bodnar , Scott Alan Gray , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Alabama, DOJ-USAO, Southern District of Alabama, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gordon Gray Armstrong, III , Gordon G. Armstrong, III, PC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Lagoa and Brasher, Circuit Judges, and Boulee, District Judge.


This appeal raises questions of first impression about the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3), which prohibits impeding law enforcement officers during a civil disorder affecting interstate commerce. During a riotous protest in Mobile, Alabama, Tia Pugh shattered the window of a police car that was blocking protestors...

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