United States v. Mason

OPINION AND ORDER

MICHAEL H. SIMON, District Judge.

A grand jury indicted Defendant George Allen Mason, Jr. (“Mason”), alleging that he “willfully caused bodily injury and, through the use of a dangerous weapon, attempted to cause bodily injury to D.B., who is gay, because of D.B.’s actual and perceived sexual orientation,” in violation of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. § 249(a)(2). Dkt. 1. The indictment further alleges that Mason “employed a dangerous weapon that had traveled in *1310interstate and foreign commerce, to wit, the metal tool he used to strike D.B.” and that the assault…