United States v. Brandenburg

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-5966 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:22-cr-00047- LEK-1 v. BRYAN MELVIN OPINION BRANDENBURG, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 7, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii Filed February 17, 2026 Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Michelle T. Friedland, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge McKeown 2 USA V. BRANDENDURG SUMMARY * Criminal Law In a case in which a jury…