Legal Opinion
United States v. Miguel Osuna-Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2015No. 13-50636PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In this opinion, we resolve Miguel Osu-na-Alvarez’s challenge to his conviction for aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. Osuna-Alvarez (“Osu-na”) contends that because he had permission to use his twin brother’s passport, he therefore did not use the passport “without lawful authority,” as required by the statute. See 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. As set forth below, we reject this argument. The remaining issues in this appeal are resolved in a contemporaneously filed memorandum disposition.
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On October 13, 2012, Osuna was arrested while attempting to enter the United…
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