J.H.

FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 5 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: J.H. No. 25-3472 _________ D.C. No. 24CR-00527 Central District of California,

J.H.,

Los Angeles Petitioner. ORDER

v.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES,

Respondent.

TREVOR JAMES KIRK; UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA,

Real Parties in Interest.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Gabriel P. Sanchez, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner J.H. is a victim of excessive force carried out by a Los Angeles

Deputy Sheriff (“Defendant”). A jury returned a guilty verdict against Defendant

for a felony violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242, finding that he deprived J.H. of her

constitutional right to be free from excessive force under color of law. Before

sentencing, the district court granted the Government’s motion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a) to dismiss the allegations in the indictment that made

Defendant’s crime a felony, rather…