United States v. Mahsa Parviz

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50160

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr- 00293-SB-1 v.

MAHSA PARVIZ, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 17, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed March 19, 2025

Before: Daniel P. Collins, Holly A. Thomas, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Mahsa Parviz’s conviction and sentence for one count of making a false statement on a passport application, 18 U.S.C. § 1542, and one count of aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), arising from Parviz’s scheme to kidnap C.P., her biological daughter over whom she had lost her parental rights, and then to take C.P. out of the United States. On an application to obtain a passport for C.P., Parviz submitted various false statements in order to get around specific requirements. One such requirement is that any…