Strong

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1780 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 9:22-cr-00028-DLC-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

JACOB ISRAEL STRONG, AKA Jacob Israel Guill,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 20, 2024** Portland, Oregon

Before: CHRISTEN and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.***

Jacob Strong appeals his conviction following a jury trial for international

parental kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1204(a). We have jurisdiction

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation. under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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