N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lle e , v. ELIJAH DELOSSANTOS, AKA Phan tom , De fe nda

n t-Appe l la

nt. No. 18-50200

D.C . No. 3:17-c r-01151-B AS-1
M EM O R ANDUM *

UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lle e , v. R EGINA W OLGAM OTT,

De fe nda n t-Appe l la

nt. No. 18-50202

D.C . No. 3:17-c r-01151-B AS-2

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Southe rn Distric t of C a lifornia C ynthia A. B a sha nt, Distric t

Judge , Pre siding A rgue d a nd Subm itte d

August 16, 2019 

# FIL ED AUG 30 2019 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U

. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia

B e fore : SC HR OEDER

and R . NELSON, C irc uit Judge s, a nd LEFKOW , * * Distric t Judge
. Elija

h De los Sa

ntos a nd his wifeR e gina

W olga m ott (“ De fe nda

nts” ) a ppe a l the d istric t c o urt’ s de nia l of the ir m otions to suppre ss e vide nc e obta ine d from a
se arc h of the ir hom e . Elija h a nd his brother R ic ardo Jr. De los Sa ntos a re c onvic te d fe l ons who poste d im a g e s on the ir Fa c e b ook a c c ounts of the m se lve s holding guns. Upon disc ove ring the se im a ge s, fe de ra l a ge nts be ga n inve stiga

ting both brothe

rs. The brothe rs live d at the sa

m e re side nc e , a

nd ha d se pa

ra te be droom s. The a ge nts’
a pplic a tion for these arc h

wa rra nt inc lude d a

proba b le c a u se sta te m e nt pe rta ining to R ic ardo Jr, but did not re fe r to a ny inve stiga tion re ga rding Elija

h. The a ge nts
se arc he d the e ntire re side nc e and found we a pons in the

De fe n da nts’ be droom
. R e ly ing on Me na v . C

ity of Simi Valle

y , 226 F.3d 1031, 1037 (9th C ir. 2000), the De fe nda

nts c onte nd the re side nc e wa s a m u lti-fa m ily dwe lling a

nd the offic e rs the re fore should not ha ve se arc h e d

the ir room . B e fore obta ining the
warra n t the a ge nts ha d drive n to the hom e and kne w the c ars in the drive way be longe d to R ic a rdo Jr. a nd Elija h. Tha t the offic e rs kne w R ic ardo Jr. m ay have

* * The Honora

ble Joa n H. Le fkow, Unite d State s Distric t Judge for the Northe rn Distric t of Illinois, sitting by de signa tion. 2live d with othe r individua ls, howe ve r, doe s not m e an the offic e rs “ kne w or should

have known thehouse wa s a m ulti-unit dwe lling.” Id. Unlike the building in Me n a , whe re the offic e rs disc ove re d se pa ra te pa dloc ke d room s with c ooking fa c i litie s, the e n t ire re side nc e he re ha d only one kitc he n , living spac e , re frige ra tor,
and ba throom . The offic e rs the re fore re a sona bly c onc lude d tha

t the re side nc e wa s
a single -fa m ily

unit, not a

“ m u lti-unit dwe lling.” Id .; se e also Mary land v

. Garrison , 480 U.S. 79, 88 (1987). Ac c ordingly , the distric t c ourt prope rly rule d that the se arc h of the e ntire hom e wa s re a sona ble and the wa

rra n t to se arc h the
e ntire h om e wa s not ove rbroa d. The distric t c ourt a l so prope rly found tha

t the warra nt wa s not re nde re d inva lid be c a

use i t did not re fe r to both brothers. Inform a tion a b out the inve stiga tion of Elija

h, if it ha d be e n a dde d to the wa rra n t, would not ha

ve c ha nge d the p roba ble c a use de te rm ination a s to Ri c ardo Jr. Brav o v . C ity of Santa Maria , 665 F.3d 1076, 1084 (9th C ir. 2011). Furthe r, the re wa s nothing fa lse in the
a ffidav it. Se e Unite d State s v . Le on , 468 U.S. 897, 922–23 (1984); Unite d State s v . Unde r w o od , 725 F.3d 1076, 1085 (9th C i r. 2013). AFFIRM E D
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