U.S. v. Ali

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 18-month term of incarceration on charge of parental kidnapping of defendant's children, where Dist. Ct. based said sentence in part on finding that defendant had substantially interfered with administration of justice arising out of finding that defendant’s conduct caused unnecessary expenditure of substantial governmental or court resources. Record showed that costs expended by govt. were not trivial, since it was required to pay $4,600 to return defendant to U.S. after defendant was apprehended in Turkey. Moreover, several federal agencies worked several days around clock to obtain defendant’s seizure and return of defendant and his children to U.S. Fact that govt. did not submit report outlining its total costs incurred as result of defendant absconding with his children did not require different result.