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Opinion
Author
Eric David Miller
Filed
July 27, 2026
Case
United States v. James Patterson
Case status
Decided

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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-30088 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:19-cr- 00224-AA-1 v. JAMES CALVIN PATTERSON, OPINION AKA James Calvin Patterson II, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken,…

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