Allen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-804 D.C. Nos. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:23-cr-00113-

RMP-

v. 2:23-cr-00002-

RMP-

JOHNATHAN LESLIE ALLEN,

AKA Johnathan Allen, AKA Ghost,

Defendant - Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Rosanna Malouf Peterson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 23, 2025 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Filed November 17, 2025

Before: Richard C. Tallman, N. Randy Smith, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Johnathan Allen’s convictions in a case in which he contended that the district court erred by (1) dismissing his original and superseding indictments without prejudice for a violation of the Speedy Trial Act (STA), and (2) admitting unauthenticated documents. The panel held that the district court, which properly weighed each of the factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3162(a)(2), did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed the indictments without prejudice. As to the first factor, the…