United States v. Melvyn Gear

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-10353 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 1:17-cr-00742- SOM-1 MELVYN GEAR, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Susan O. Mollway, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted July 16, 2020 San Francisco, California Filed January 19, 2021 Before: Kenneth K. Lee and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Roslyn O. Silver, * District Judge. Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge Silver; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by…