United States v. Barry Adams

BERTELSMAN, Senior District Judge.

After a trial held before a Magistrate Judge, Barry Adams was convicted of using and occupying National Forest System land as part of a group of seventy-five or more persons without special-use authorization when such authorization is required, in violation of 36 C.F.R. § 261.10(k). His misdemeanor conviction was affirmed by the district court. Adams now appeals, arguing that the conviction violated his First Amendment rights. We affirm.

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Adams is a participant in the Rainbow Family, “a loosely structured group of people who gather at least once a year on…