United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of an indictment under 18 U.S.C. section 2423(c), which punishes any U.S. citizen "who travels in foreign commerce, and engages in any illicit sexual conduct with another person," is affirmed where, using any reasonable definition of the word "travel," defendant's actions while living in Cambodia fell outside the conduct that Congress proscribed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2005
• Decided 03/29/2007
• Published 03/29/2007

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOULD and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Lulejian, Assistant United States Attorney, and Susan B. Dohrmann, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian Tsuchida, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.