Brandenburg

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 17 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-5966 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:22-cr-00047-LEK-1 v. MEMORANDUM* BRYAN MELVIN BRANDENBURG, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 7, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii Before: McKEOWN, FRIEDLAND, and SUNG, Circuit Judges. Partial Dissent by Judge Sung. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge SUNG. Bryan Melvin Brandenburg appeals from his conviction for one count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) and six counts of making threats or false statements about explosives in violation of 18 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. U.S.C. § 844(e). He raises jury instruction and sentencing challenges.1 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. We review de novo whether jury instructions “correctly state the elements of the offense and adequately…