United States Ninth Circuit

In an amended opinion, conviction and sentence for knowingly transporting illegal aliens are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in determining that officers did not request defendant to stop his vehicle; 2) a voluntary stop is not a seizure; and 3) the sentence was not unreasonably harsh.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/03/2006
• Decided 02/04/2009
• Published 02/04/2009

Judges

• Before:  STEPHEN S. TROTT, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James Sun Park, Park Law Office, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant Karim Hussein Al Nasser., Gary M. Restaino, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee.