United States Ninth Circuit

Restitution can be awarded to the overseas child victims of sexual exploitation crimes committed by an American citizen while he was traveling outside the U.S. The circuit court will uphold an award of restitution under the Mandatory Restitution for Sexual Exploitation of Children Act, 18 U.S.C. section 2259, if the district court is able to estimate the amount of defendant's loss with some reasonable certainty.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2007
• Decided 05/29/2007
• Published 05/29/2007

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge., Before:  CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan D. Libby, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for the defendant-appellant.  Sean K. Kennedy, Acting Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, was also on the brief., Rupa S. Goswami, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for the plaintiff-appellee.  Debra Wong Yang, United States Attorney, Thomas P. O'Brien, Assistant United States Attorney, and Andrea L. Russi, Assistant United States Attorney, all of Los Angeles, CA, were also on the brief.