The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Parren, 145 F.3d 1343 (9th Cir. 1998):
Parren contends that certificates restoring his civil rights should be treated as constructively issued, because the only reason the certificates were not issued was because of his inability to pay legal financial obligations that were imposed as part of his sentence. See United States v. Parks, 89 F.3d 570 (9th Cir.1996). He also contends that the certificates which should have been issued would not have expressly provided that his right to possess firearms was not restored.
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