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Summary: NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _ No. 09-1304 _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BRIAN DENNIS DOUGLAS, Appellant _ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Criminal No. 1-08-cr-00196-001) District Judge: The Honorable Christopher C. Conner _ Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) October 2, 2009 BEFORE: McKEE, Chief Judge, CHAGARES and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges (Filed May 6, 2010 ) _ OPINION OF THE COURT _ NYG
Summary: NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _ No. 09-1304 _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BRIAN DENNIS DOUGLAS, Appellant _ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Criminal No. 1-08-cr-00196-001) District Judge: The Honorable Christopher C. Conner _ Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) October 2, 2009 BEFORE: McKEE, Chief Judge, CHAGARES and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges (Filed May 6, 2010 ) _ OPINION OF THE COURT _ NYGA..
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 09-1304
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
BRIAN DENNIS DOUGLAS,
Appellant
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Criminal No. 1-08-cr-00196-001)
District Judge: The Honorable Christopher C. Conner
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Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
October 2, 2009
BEFORE: McKEE, Chief Judge, CHAGARES and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges
(Filed May 6, 2010 )
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OPINION OF THE COURT
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NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
Brian Dennis Douglas appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) for failing
to update his sex offender registry in Pennsylvania and in the State of Florida, in violation
of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). On appeal, Douglas
challenges the validity and applicability of SORNA on various grounds. We find no
merit in any of Douglas’ arguments because his contentions are foreclosed by our
jurisprudence. We will briefly review the issues raised by Douglas on appeal.
First, neither the failure of Pennsylvania or Florida to implement SORNA affect
Douglas’ duty to update his sex offender registration. We have held as much recently in
United States v. Shenandoah,
595 F.3d 151, 157 (3d Cir. 2010). Second, SORNA does
not violate the ex post facto clause.
Id. at 158-59. Douglas also raises a due process
argument, which we rejected in Shenandoah.
Id. at 159 n.4.
Likewise, Douglas’ third argument was resolved by our decision in Shenandoah.
SORNA does not require proof that the offender had actual notice of his registration
obligation.
Id. at 160. We additionally determined in Shenandoah that SORNA’s
provisions violate neither the Commerce Clause nor the Tenth Amendment to the
Constitution.
Id. at 160, 161-62. SORNA’s provisions likewise do not violate Douglas’
right to travel.
Id. at 162.
Finally, as was the case in Shenandoah, we find Douglas lacks standing to
challenge SORNA under the Administrative Procedure Act and to argue that SORNA
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violates the nondelegation doctrine.
Id. at 163-64. We will affirm the judgment of the
District Court.
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