Felkins

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 29 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1772

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-CR-175-TLN v.

KRISTY LYNN FELKINS, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 23, 2024** San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, BRESS, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

After soliciting a hitman from a scam website called “Besa Mafia” and

transferring the operators of that site about $5,000 as payment to kill her ex-husband,

Kristy Felkins pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to one count of solicitation

of murder-for-hire under 18 U.S.C. § 1958. Pursuant to U.S.S.G. §§ 2E1.4 and

* 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).…