Westfall

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-4515 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 9:23-cr-00042-

DLC-1

v.

SHAYDEN BRADLEY

WESTFALL, OPINION

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 9, 2025 * Portland, Oregon

Filed July 10, 2025

Before: Richard C. Tallman, John B. Owens, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Shayden Bradley Westfall’s motion to suppress evidence seized from searches of his hotel room, vehicles, and phones. The Missoula Police Department received information from a reliable source that Westfall had recently received a distributable quantity of drugs at a Missoula hotel room. After independently corroborating the source’s information, officers obtained a search warrant for the…