United States v. Keith Cooper

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Keith Allen Cooper (“Cooper”) is a sex offender who was convicted of rape in Oklahoma and paroled prior to the enact ment of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA” or the “Act”), Pub.L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, 590-611 (2006) (codified primarily at 18 U.S.C. § 2250 & 42 U.S.C. § 16901 et seq.). After Congress enacted SORNA, Cooper was convicted of failing to comply with the sex offender registration requirements set forth in SORNA. In bringing this appeal, Cooper invokes the nondelegation doctrine, challenging the constitutionality of the…