Tait v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

MARK S. DAVIS, District Judge.

Diane J. Tait (“Tait” or “Appellant”) appeals her March 12, 2010 petty offense conviction, which occurred after a bench trial before a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland. That court convicted Tait of removing private property from federal land in violation of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 27.61, an administrative regulation that prohibits the removal of public or private property from certain federal lands. The principal questions on appeal are: 1) whether the regulation requires the Government to…