Patrick

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-2638 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 4:23-cr-00206-

BLW-

v.

ORDER AND

LOGAN HARDEN PATRICK,

AMENDED

OPINION

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 22, 2025 * Seattle, Washington

Filed September 15, 2025 Amended December 19, 2025

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan B. Christen, Circuit Judges.

Order; 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 order, in a criminal case, imposing a fine and special assessment due immediately while also creating a payment schedule. Logan Harden Patrick argued that 18 U.S.C. § 3572(d)(1) only allows the district court to either impose these monetary penalties due in full immediately, or impose a payment schedule, but that doing both violates the statute. Reviewing this question of pure…