United States v. Dennis Mahon

OPINION

OWENS, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Mahon appeals his convictions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(i) and (n) for the pipe bomb explosion at the City of Scottsdale Office of Diversity and Dialogue (“Diversity Office”), which injured three people and damaged property. Section 844(i) makes it a crime to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, property that is “used in” interstate commerce or in “activity affecting” interstate commerce. Ma-hon contends his convictions are invalid because the Diversity Office’s activities did not satisfy the statute’s interstate commerce requirement. We have…