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UNITED STATES v. BRIONES

No. 16-10150.

18 F.4th 1170 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Riley BRIONES, Jr., aka Unknown Spitz, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 6, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Easha Anand (argued) and Damilola Arowolaju , The Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, San Francisco, California; Vikki M. Liles , The Law Office of Vikki M. Liles P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Melanie L. Bostwick and Sheila Baynes , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellant.

Krissa M. Lanham (argued), and Patrick J. Schneider , Assistant United States Attorneys; Glenn B. McCormick , Acting United States Attorney; Elizabeth A. Strange , Former First Assistant United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and DAVID A. EZRA, District Judge.

OPINION

We must decide whether a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole imposed on a juvenile is valid after the Supreme Court's recent decision in Jones v. Mississippi, ___ U.S. ___, 141 S.Ct. 1307, 209 L.Ed.2d 390 (2021).

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