Ho

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUL 2 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MATTHEW HOANG HO, AKA Mat No. 24-1883 Hoang Ho D.C. No. Petitioner, 8:23-cr-00051-JVS

v.

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA, SANTA ANA,

Respondent,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Real Party in Interest.

Petition for Writ of Mandamus

Argued and Submitted June 5, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH and BADE, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Matthew Hoang Ho, M.D. (“Dr. Ho”) petitions for a writ of mandamus

directing the district court to vacate its February 26, 2024 order disqualifying Dr. Ho’s

retained attorneys—Brown White & Osborn LLP (“BWO”)—from representing him

in a criminal case. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), and we deny…