Landis
State of Oregon v. Landis
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 11 2025
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
STATE OF OREGON, No. 25-447 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 6:23-cr-00330-MC-1 v.
MEMORANDUM*
SAMUEL TROY LANDIS,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael J. McShane, Chief District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted October 21, 2025 San Francisco, California
Before: McKEOWN, BEA, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiff-Appellant State of Oregon appeals the federal district court’s order
which granted Defendant-Appellee Samuel Landis’ (“Landis”) motion to dismiss
the State’s charge for criminally negligent homicide on Supremacy Clause
immunity grounds. The State of Oregon seeks reversal of the order and remand to
the district court for further proceedings.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. The case arises out of an incident in which Landis, while on duty as a Special