United States v. Ahmed Amer

JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal concerns several issues arising from a conviction for violation of the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act (“IPK-CA” or “the Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 1204. The IPKCA bars a parent from removing a child from the United States or retaining outside the United States a child who has been in the United States, with the intent to obstruct the other parent’s right to physical custody. We have not previously considered this statute. The specific questions raised are (i) whether the IPKCA is unconstitutionally vague, (ii) whether it is overbroad in intruding…