UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS February 9, 2024 Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. No. 22-4074

JONATHAN ALEXANDER MORALES- LOPEZ,

Defendant - Appellee. _________________________________

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH (D.C. No. 2:20-CR-00027-JNP-1) _________________________________

Nathan Jack, Assistant United States Attorney (Trina A. Higgins, United States Attorney, and Jennifer P. Williams, Assistant United States Attorney, on the briefs), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scott Keith Wilson, Federal Public Defender (Jessica Stengel and Bretta Pirie, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendant- Ap