Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy J. SADLIER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-29
Citations: 584 F. App'x 359
Docket Number: No. 11-30059
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy J. SADLIER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 359–360

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy J. SADLIER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-30059.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2014.
Filed July 29, 2014.
Matthew F. Duggan, Assistant U.S., USSP-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Spokane, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Diane E. Hehir, Rebecca Louise Pen-nell, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defenders FDWAID-Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington & Idaho, Yakima, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Timothy J. Sadlier appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction for failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Sadlier contends that the district court should have dismissed the indictment because neither Washington nor Tennessee, the states in which he resided, had implemented SORNA at the time of his offense. This argument is foreclosed. See United States v. Elkins, 683 F.3d 1039, 1046 (9th Cir.2012) (enforcement of SORNA is not dependent on a state's implementation of the administrative portion of SORNA).
Sadlier next argues that Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to enact SORNA and to compel his registration. This argument is also foreclosed. See United States v. Cabrera-Gutierrez, No. 12-30233, 756 F.3d 1125, 1129-32, 2014 WL 998173, at *3-4 (9th Cir. Mar. 17, 2014) (Congress had the authority under the Commerce Clause to enact SORNA and punish a state sex offender who traveled in interstate commerce for failing to register).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.