United States v. Leo Chaplin

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 6 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-30126

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-00121-001-SLG

v.

MEMORANDUM*

LEO JAMES CHAPLIN,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 13, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: BOGGS,** HAWKINS, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Leo James Chaplin, an American citizen, met his wife MDS1 in the Philip-

pines. The two moved to the United States, married, had two children, and lived in

Alaska while taking occasional family vacations to the Philippines. In 2014, while

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. 1 Chaplin’s now-ex wife is referred to by her initials throughout. experiencing relationship…