FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 15 2022 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-35794 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 9:16-cv-00156-DWM 9:99-cr-00018-DWM-1 v. JOHN LANNY LYNCH, MEMORANDUM* Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-35795 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 9:16-cv-00085-DWM 9:11-cr-00017-DWM-1 v. JOSEPH BERNARD WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-36003 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 1:16-cv-00090-SPW 1:08-cr-00014-SPW-3 v. JACOB KRAUS, Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-36004 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 1:16-cv-00089-SPW 1:05-cr-00052-SPW-2 v. CHUOI SAM, Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-36007 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 1:16-cv-00096-SPW 1:05-cr-00052-SPW-1 v. YURI CHACHANKO, Defendant-Appellant.

ROLANDO PEREZ, No. 18-35070

-2- Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. Nos. 1:16-cv-00100-SPW 1:06-cr-00026-SPW-1 v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 18-35087 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 9:16-cv-00077-DLC 9:12-cr-00017-DLC-1 v. STEVEN ALEXANDER ACTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 9, 2021** Seattle, Washington

** The panel unanimously concludes these cases are suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). -3- Before: McKEOWN and BADE, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,*** District Judge.

Defendants-appellants appeal the denials of their motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct their 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions and sentences. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We review de novo the denial of a § 2255 motion, United States v. Aguirre-Ganceda, 592 F.3d 1043, 1045 (9th Cir. 2010), and we affirm.

Defendants-appellants’ contention that aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) is foreclosed by our precedent. See Young v. United States, 22 F.4th 1115, 1122!23 (9th Cir. 2022) (explaining that there is “no distinction between aiding-and-abetting liability and liability as a principal under federal law[,]” and holding that “aiding and abetting a crime of violence, such as armed bank robbery, is also a crime of violence”). Because Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, see United States v. Dominguez, 954 F.3d 1251, 1260!61 (9th Cir. 2020), and aiding and abetting a crime of violence is also a crime of violence, see Young, 22 F.4th at 1122!23, we affirm the district courts’ denials of defendants-appellants’ § 2255 motions.

AFFIRMED.

*** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. -4-