United States Ninth Circuit

A violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1015(a), which criminalizes the making of a false statement in an immigration document, does not require the false statement to be "material" as an element of the offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2008
• Published 11/05/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  JEROME FARRIS, EUGENE E. SILER, Jr. and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Sun Park, Park Law Office, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane J. Humetewa, United States Attorney;  John R. Lopez IV, Deputy Appellate Chief;  Sarah L. Hartnett, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellee.