UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10174

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:18-cr-01695- JAS-EJM-1 DAVID KAPONE WILLIAMS; MARCELL DEMETRIUS GRAY; SHAWMAINE EUSTACE ARDELL OPINION MOORE; SAMUEL LEE BERRELLE RAKESTRAW III; MICHAEL ANTHONY WILLIAMS; KEANA NICOLE IWANKIW; CLIFFTON MARTINEZ; JERMAINE LAMAR MAXWELL; REGINALD COLE JOHNSON; TROY JERMAINE HOWELL; MARK ANTHONY HOLGUIN; TENELL MICHAEL MURE; LABARR MARTINEZ; DAVID GOROSAVE; BUFFIE ANN BRIDGES; DEZIRAE ALEXANDRIA MONTEEN,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James Alan Soto, District Judge, Presiding 2 UNITED STATES V. WILLIAMS

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed May 18, 2023

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Jack Zouhary, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bumatay