United States v. Jeremy Schlenker

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-30141 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. v. 3:15-cr-05197-

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JEREMY SCHLENKER, 3:15-cr-05197- Defendant-Appellant. BHS

JEREMY SCHLENKER, No. 20-35612 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 3:20-cv-05122-

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S

OFFICE, Western District of OPINION Washington, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 5, 2021 Seattle, Washington Filed February 1, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez

SUMMARY *

Criminal Law/Declaratory Judgments

The panel affirmed the district court’s orders (1) granting the government’s motion to dismiss Jeremy Schlenker’s civil action seeking a declaration that filing a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion would not breach the plea agreement he entered in…