United States v. Leefatinie Tirosh Cole

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: October 1, 2020
• Docket: 20-11010
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 20-11010 Date Filed: 10/01/2020 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _____________________

No. 20-11010 Non-Argument Calendar _____________________

D.C. Docket No. 1:19-cr-00069-LMM-JKL-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

LEEFATINIE TIROSH COLE,

Defendant-Appellant.

_____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court For the Northern District of Georgia _____________________

(October 1, 2020)

Before MARTIN, JORDAN, and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: Case: 20-11010 Date Filed: 10/01/2020 Page: 2 of 2

Leefatinie Cole appeals his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender

in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 18 U.S.C. §

2250(a). We affirm.

On appeal, Mr. Cole argues that Congress unconstitutionally delegated

authority to the Attorney General to decide whether SORNA’S registration

requirements apply to individuals like himself who were convicted of sex offenses

before SORNA’s enactment in 2006. See 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d). That argument is

foreclosed by the Supreme Court’s decision in Gundy v. United States, 139 S. Ct.

2116 (2019), which rejected an identical contention. See id. at 2121 (plurality

opinion); id. at 2130-31 (Alito, J., concurring in the judgment). It is also foreclosed

by our decision in United States v. Ambert, 561 F.3d 1202, 1213-14 (11th Cir. 2009).

Given that four Justices in Gundy expressed doubt over the Court’s current

non-delegation jurisprudence, Mr. Cole seeks to preserve his constitutional

argument for future review. We understand, but are bound by Gundy and Ambert.

AFFIRMED.