United States v. Abdullahi Farah

DRAIN, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which COLE, C.J., joined, and MOORE, J., joined in part. MOORE, J. (pp. 616-20), delivered a separate opinion dissenting from Part III.A. of the majority’s opinion.

OPINION

GERSHWIN A. DRAIN, District Judge.

I

Defendant Abdullahi Farah was convicted after a two-day jury trial of violating 18 U.S.C. § 401(3), for willfully disobeying an order requiring his testimony by deposition for use in a separate criminal prosecution and for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1591(d), which prohibits the obstruction, or the attempt to obstruct the enforcement of §…