Sanft

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-2266 D.C. No. Plaintiffs - Appellee, 2:19-cr-00258-RAJ-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

LOUIE SANFT,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 17, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, CALLAHAN, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Louis Sanft (“Sanft”), owner of Seattle Barrel and Cooperage Company

(“Seattle Barrel”), appeals his jury conviction for conspiracy to violate the Clean

Water Act (“CWA”), unlawful discharge of caustic wastewater into a public sewer

in violation of the CWA (33 U.S.C. § 1319(c)(2)(A)), making false statements

under the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1319(c)(4)), and making false statements to the United

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. States (18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)). We have jurisdiction…