United States v. Jacqueline Anderson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-50207 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. v. 2:19-cr-00157-CJC-1 2:19-cr-00157-CJC

JACQUELINE ANDERSON,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed August 25, 2022

Before: William A. Fletcher, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson; Dissent by Judge W. Fletcher SUMMARY*

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Jacqueline Anderson’s jury conviction for threatening a person assisting federal officers and employees in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B).

Anderson threatened to kill a Protective Security Officer while he was on duty at the Long Beach Social Security Office. The PSO was an employee of a private company that had been contracted by the Federal Protective Service to “provide security services at government-owned and leased properties.”

Section 115(a)(1)(B) prohibits threats…