UNITED STATES v. KOZIOL

No. 19-50018.

993 F.3d 1160 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin KOZIOL, aka Benjamin Joseph Donovan, aka Benjamin Joseph Koziol, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton F. Gunn (argued), Pasadena, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Eddie A. Jauregui (argued) Assistant United States Attorney; L. Ashley Aull , Chief, Criminal Appeals Section; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Carlos T. Bea and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges, and Gershwin A. Drain, District Judge.


OPINION

Defendant-Appellant Benjamin Koziol was convicted of attempted extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), for threatening to file suit against a well-known entertainer asserting salacious and scandalous allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and assault and battery if the entertainer...

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