United States v. Jones
United States v. Jones
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 20 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1929 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:21-cr-00019-JCC-6 v. MEMORANDUM* MONIQUE JONES,
Defendant - Appellant.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1932 23-1929 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:21-cr-00019-JCC-7 1:21-cr-00019-JCC-6 v. MEMORANDUM* MEKAYDA D. JONES,
Defendant - Appellant.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Appeal from the District Court of Guam John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 17, 2024**
Before: WARDLAW, BADE, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
In these consolidated appeals, Monique and Mekayda D. Jones appeal from
the forfeiture order and in personam money judgments imposed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981
appellants’ jury-trial convictions for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud,
and conspiracy to launder money. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291,
and we vacate and remand.
As the government concedes, appellants were incorrectly ordered to forfeit
all of the fraud proceeds that were processed through their accounts, rather than the
amounts that “came to rest with” them. United States v. Thompson, 990 F.3d 680, 691 (9th Cir. 2021) (holding that joint and several liability does not apply to
forfeiture judgments under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), which must reflect only the
amount left with the defendant after “the loot was divided among the
conspirators”). Accordingly, we vacate the forfeiture order and in personam
money judgments entered against appellants, and remand for the district court to
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
2 23-1929 & 23-1932 recalculate the forfeiture amounts owed by appellants consistent with Thompson.
VACATED and REMANDED.
3 23-1929 & 23-1932
Reference
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