United States Ninth Circuit

A person arrested in American Samoa for allegedly committing federal crimes in American Samoa may be tried and convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. A conviction and sentence for extortion, money laundering, conspiring to violate the civil rights of others, and holding workers to a condition of involuntary servitude is affirmed where the district court had jurisdiction, and the district of Hawaii was a proper venue, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sections 3231 and 3238, respectively.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2006
• Decided 12/27/2006
• Published 12/27/2006

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge., Before TROTT, WARDLAW, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Earle A. Partington, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellant., Lisa J. Stark, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee.