Legal Opinion
United States v. Alzanki
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 1995No. 94-1645PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Talal H. Alzanki appeals from a district court judgment convicting and sentencing him under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1584, for holding a household employee in involuntary servitude. We affirm.
I
BACKGROUND 1
At the end of the Gulf War, Vasantha Katudeniye Gedara (“Gedara”), a native of Sri Lanka, was employed by appellant Talal Alzanki’s family for a brief time as a domestic servant in their Kuwaiti.residence. The Alzanki family prevented Gedara from leaving their residence, by retaining her passport and warning her that she would be subject to arrest and physical abuse…
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