United States v. Francis Cox

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 8 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30254

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:11-cr-00022-RJB-1 v.

FRANCIS SCHAEFFER COX, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 17, 2021 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Francis Schaeffer Cox (Cox) appeals the district court’s denial of

his motion for a writ of audita querela. Cox was convicted of, among other things,

conspiracy to murder a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1117 and 1114

and solicitation to murder a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 373 and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1114. On appeal, a previous panel affirmed the conspiracy conviction, but

reversed the solicitation conviction. See United States v. Cox,…