Government Files Appeal In Bald Eagle Protection Act Case

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. 10th Circuit in United States v. Friday, a case in which a Wyoming federal district court found that the government’s implementation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act violated the free exercise rights of a member of the Northern Arapaho Indian Tribe. The Associated Press reported on the appeal, noting that the defendant could have been sentenced to up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine for shooting a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony.