United States v. Jason Schaefer

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30266 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:17-CR-00400-HZ-

JASON PAUL SCHAEFER,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Marco A. Hernandez, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 13, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed September 16, 2021

Before: David M. Ebel, * Carlos T. Bea, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea

* The Honorable David M. Ebel, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed a criminal judgment in a case in which a jury convicted Jason Schaefer of a variety of offenses, including assault on a federal officer (18 U.S.C. § 111(a)–(b)) and possession of an unregistered destructive device (26 U.S.C. §§ 5841, 5861(d), 5871).

The panel held that the district court did not err in finding that Schaefer knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel. Schaefer did not…