Opinion ID: 187075
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: the validity of the first permit

Text: Finally, appellant argues that her conviction should simply be reversed, with no possibility of a new trial, because, even if she was demonstrating on the day in question, a valid permit existed for demonstrations on the White House sidewalk. Appellant contends that, no later than August 1, 2005, IPR had a deemed granted permit to demonstrate on the White House sidewalk which was never properly revoked, so any persons who demonstrated on the White House sidewalk on September 26 did so lawfully. This argument fails. In circumstances such as these, where the holder of a permit voluntarily withdraws an existing permit and applies for a new one, there is nothing to indicate that the Government is obliged to follow the revocation procedures codified in 36 C.F.R. § 7.96(g)(6). The Government's failure to give any notification that the scope of IPR's demonstration permit was narrowed between the end of July and September 23, 2005, when a new written permit was issued to IPR, may be relevant to an assessment of appellant's knowledge and intent during the demonstration. It does not, however, indicate that a valid permit to demonstrate on the White House sidewalk existed on September 26, 2005.