United States v. Helaman Hansen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-10548

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:16-cr-00024- v. MCE-

HELAMAN HANSEN,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Filed April 3, 2024

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Jane A. Restani,* Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould

* The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**

Criminal Law

On remand from the Supreme Court, the panel vacated Helaman Hansen’s convictions on two counts of encouraging or inducing an alien to come to, enter, or reside unlawfully in the United States for private financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and 1324(a)(1)(B)(i); and remanded to the district court for further proceedings. The panel held that the Supreme Court’s decision in this case, United States v. Hansen, 599 U.S. 762 (2023), compels the insertion of a specific…