United States v. Barre

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant Ismail Barre was indicted on one count: knowingly conducting, controlling, managing, supervising, directing, or owning all or part of an unlicensed money transmitting business, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1960(a) and (b)(1)(A). On April 5, 2004, I granted Defendant’s motion to declare 18 U.S.C. § 1960(b)(1)(A) unconstitutional because I concluded it infringed on Defendant’s right to equal protection. See United States v. Barre, 313 F.Supp.2d 1086 (D.Colo.2004). The government, lacking trenchant analysis in its response to…