United States of America v. Effat Najarzadeh

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-4757
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
EFFAT NAJARZADEH,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge.
(CR-99-138-A)
Submitted: March 14, 2000 Decided: August 23, 2000
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Matthew Alan Wartel, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Helen F.
Fahey, United States Attorney, Orin S. Kerr, Special Assistant
United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Effat Najarzadeh appeals from her jury conviction of immigra-
tion fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1546(a) (West Supp. 1999).
We affirm.
Najarzadeh argues that the district court denied her the
constitutional right to present a defense when it excluded her
proffered evidence as to abuse she suffered in Iran and as to her
experiences in Canada. She further contends that the court abused
its discretion when it excluded her polygraph examination report.
See United States v. Ruhe, 191 F.3d 376, 387 (4th Cir. 1999). We
find that the court acted within its discretion in excluding the
evidence. See Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37, 41 (1996); Taylor
v. Illinois, 484 U.S. 400, 408 (1988).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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