Patterson

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 31 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-631

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr-00724-JJT-1 v.

RYAN C. PATTERSON, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Joseph Tuchi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: RAWLINSON and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,** District Judge. Dissent by Judge COLLINS.

Defendant-Appellant Ryan C. Patterson (“Patterson”) was convicted following

a jury trial of three counts of tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. He

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. challenges several evidentiary rulings, the denial of his motion for judgment of

acquittal, and several sentencing decisions. We…