United States v. Anthony Williams

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 16 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10354

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:17-cr-00101-LEK-1 v.

ANTHONY TROY WILLIAMS, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 18, 2022 Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: HAWKINS, R. NELSON, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Anthony Williams appeals his conviction for fifteen counts of wire fraud in

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and seventeen counts of mail fraud in violation of

U.S.C. § 1341, all stemming from his operation of a fraudulent mortgage scheme.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1. There was no abuse of discretion or manifest error in the district court’s

decision not to excuse Juror No. 5 for actual bias. See…