United States v. Nakhleh, No. 18-1107 (6th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseNakhleh entered a post office with an open package. An employee stated that he would have to tape his box closed and that she could not give him free tape. Nakhleh left to buy tape, returned, and sealed his package but had lost his shipping label. Nakhleh accused the workers of hiding it but eventually looked inside the box and found the label. Nakhleh refused to touch the label because “it’s got pollutant on it.” Another customer eventually affixed the label and taped the box. The post office then processed Nakhleh’s package. Nakhleh left but returned and asked for his package. When an employee stated that she could not return his package because it had been processed, Nakhleh became loud and irate. He paced, taking photos and asking employees for their names. Employees were unable to serve other customers and called the police. Officers arrived and asked Nakhleh what he needed from his package. Nakhleh replied (twice), “What if it’s a bomb?” The post office was closed for two hours while a Postal Inspector examined the package. Nakhleh was found guilty of causing a disturbance in a post office, 18 U.S.C. 3061(c)(4)(B), sentenced to six months’ probation with anger management treatment and fined $1,000. The Sixth Circuit affirmed. There was sufficient evidence that Nakhleh engaged in “conduct which create[d] loud and unusual noise” in the post office and that interfered with postal operations.
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