United States v. Said

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge DAVIS and Judge KEENAN joined.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals from the district court’s published opinion and order of Augüst 17, 2010, granting the joint pretrial motion of the five defendants-appellees— Mohamed Ali Said, Mohamed Abdi Jama, Abdicasiis Cabaase, Abdi Razaq Abshir Osman, and Mohamed Farah — to dismiss the 18 U.S.C. § 1651 piracy count from the eight-count superseding indictment brought against them. See United States v. Said, 757 F.Supp.2d 554 (E.D.Va.2010). 1 The…