United States v. Nathan Wilson
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-50016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 2:20-cr-00516-
FMO-
v.
NATHAN WILSON;
OPINION
CHRISTOPHER BEASLEY,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando M. Olguin, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted May 6, 2024 Pasadena, California
Filed December 19, 2024
Before: Danielle J. Forrest and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and James Donato, * District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Forrest; Concurrence by Judge Bumatay; Concurrence by Judge Donato
* The Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **
Criminal Law
In a case in which the government alleges that Nathan Wilson and Christoher Beasley (Defendants) set fire to a police car during a protest following the killing of George Floyd, the panel reversed the district court’s selective- prosecution discovery order, reversed the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice an indictment charging Defendants with arson, and remanded…