Steinman

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1703 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:22-cr-00068- v.

ART-CLB-

TRISTON HARRIS STEINMAN,

OPINION

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Anne R. Traum, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed March 5, 2025

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and PATRICK J. BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE H. WU, Senior District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.; Concurrence by Judge George H. Wu

* The Honorable George H. Wu, United States Senior District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel reversed the district court’s order suppressing evidence seized from Triston Harris Steinman’s car following a traffic stop in a case in which Steinman is charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition and possession of unregistered firearms. The panel held that the district court erred in concluding that Nevada State Trooper William Boyer violated…