Legal Opinion

United States v. Kilmartin

District Court, D. Maine

Decided March 25, 2015No. 2:14-CR-00129-JAWPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.

Sidney Kilmartin moves to dismiss the indictment on the theories that the Court lacks federal subject matter jurisdiction in *182this case, and that the statute under which he has been charged, 18 U.S.C. § 1716, is unconstitutionally vague in violation of his due process rights. The Court denies Mr. Kilmartin’s motion to dismiss, concluding that it has subject matter jurisdiction and that 18 U.S.C. § 1716 is not unconstitutionally vague.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On November 4, 2014, a federal grand jury indicted Mr.…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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