United States v. Mandegari

195 F. App'x 666

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 1, 2006
• Docket: No. 05-50853
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Yahya Mandegari appeals his conviction on one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1543. Mandegari’s argument that § 1543 does not apply to foreign-issued passports is controlled by United States v. Dangdee, 616 F.2d 1118 (1980). Neither Small v. United States, 544 U.S. 385, 388-89, 125 S.Ct. 1752, 161 L.Ed.2d 651 (2005), nor Smith v. United States, 507 U.S. 197, 203-04, 113 S.Ct. 1178, 122 L.Ed.2d 548 (1993), is “clearly irreconcilable” with Dangdee. Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 900 (9th Cir.2003) (en banc) (noting standard). Here, the language, statutory context, and history of § 1543 indicates Congress’s intent that this statute should apply to foreign-issued passports, as well as those issued by this country. See Dangdee, 616 F.2d at 1119-20. Accordingly, we affirm.

AFFIRMED.

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