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UNITED STATES v. GARDNER

Nos. 20-1118/1170/1260/1265/1266/1272.

32 F.4th 504 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Bernard GARDNER (20-1118); Martinellus Nix (20-1170); Ryan Rashad Brown (20-1260); Douglas Emmanuel Carey, III, (20-1265); Marvin Quantez Nix (20-1266); Salena E. Kolarich (20-1272), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 25, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mary Chartier , CHARTIER & NYAMFUKUDZA, P.L.C., Okemos, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1265. Daniel T. McGraw , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mary Chartier , CHARTIER & NYAMFUKUDZA, P.L.C., Okemos, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1265. Michael J. Manning , MANNINGLAW, Escanaba, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1118. Lawrence J. Phelan , Walker, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1170. John M. Karafa , GRAVIS LAW, PLLC, Muskegon, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1260. Daniel R. Fagan , DANIEL R. FAGAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1266. Mark Louis Dobias , MARK L. DOBIAS, P.C., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, for Appellant in 20-1272. Daniel T. McGraw , Kate Zell , Kathryn Dalzell , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: McKEAGUE, NALBANDIAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case is about a drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of powder and crack cocaine in Southwest Michigan from 2017 to 2018. The conspiracy involved dozens of actors across the states of Michigan, Texas, and Arkansas. But only eight members of the operation play a relevant...

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