UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IN RE PANGANG GROUP No. 17-72370 COMPANY, LTD.; PANGANG GROUP STEEL VANADIUM & D.C. No. TITANIUM COMPANY, LTD.; 4:11-cr-00573-JSW PANGANG GROUP TITANIUM INDUSTRY COMPANY, LTD.; PANGANG GROUP OPINION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & TRADING COMPANY,

PANGANG GROUP COMPANY, LTD.; PANGANG GROUP STEEL VANADIUM & TITANIUM COMPANY, LTD.; PANGANG GROUP TITANIUM INDUSTRY COMPANY, LTD.; PANGANG GROUP INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & TRADING COMPANY, Petitioners,

v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND, Respondent, 2 IN RE PANGANG GROUP CO., LTD.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Real Party in Interest.

Petition For Writ Of Mandamus

Argued and Submitted June 13, 2018 San Francisco, California

Filed August 22, 2018

Before: Michael R. Murphy,* Richard A. Paez, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

* The Honorable Michael R. Murphy, United S