# U n i ted S t a te s Cou r t o f Appe a l s F OR T HE D IS TRICT OF C OLUM BIA C IRCUI T

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## No. 21-3027 September Term, 2020 1: 21-c r-000 88-DLF-1 Filed O n: J uly

9, 202 1 United Sta tes o f

Am erica, App ellee

v

. Rona ld L. Sa ndlin,

App ellant
ON A PPE A L FROM THE UNITED STA TES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BEFORE: Rogers, Millett, an d K atsa s, Circuit Jud ges J U D G M E N T T his ap pea l was co nside red o n th e reco rd f rom the United Sta tes District Cou rt for th e District of

Colum bia a nd on the m em oran da of law and fact f iled b y

the pa rties. T he court has det ermin ed tha t th e issue s prese nte d o ccasion no ne ed for an op inion. See D.C. Cir. Rule 3 6. It is ORDERED A ND A DJUDGED tha t th e d istrict court’s p retrial de ten tion orde r ent ered on Ap ril 13, 2 021 be af f irmed . A ppe llant h as n ot sh own thatthe district co urt clearlyerred in f inding th at n o co nditio n o r com bina tion of con dition s of

relea se would reaso nab ly

assu re th e sa fety of

the com mu nity and the ap pea rance of ap pellan t. S ee 18 U.S.C. § 31 42(e )(1); United Sta tes v. Munch el, 9 91 F.3d 12 73, 12 82 (D.C. Cir. 202 1); Unite d S tate s v. Vasquez-Benitez, 91 9 F.3 d 5 46, 55 1 (D.C. Cir. 20 19). As we explained in Mun chel, “those w ho actu ally assa ulted po lice of

ficers an d broke thro ugh wi ndo ws, do ors, a nd barricade s, an d th ose w ho aide d, co nspired w ith, plan ned , or co ordina ted such actio ns, a re in a dif feren t cat egory

of da ngerousn ess th an tho se who che ered on the vi olen ce o r ent ered the Capito l af ter o the rs cleared the way.” Munch el, 9 91 F.3d at 128 4. Base d o n th e governme nt’s p rof fered evidence , includ ing v ideo recordin gs, the district cou rt he re foun d th at a ppe llant co ordina ted w ith o the rs and prep ared for vi olen ce in the da ys an d weeks lea ding up to Janu ary6, 202 1, t hat app ellantexpressed a will ingness to use force t o o ccupy the Capito l on the da y of Janu ary6, and tha t ap pellan t act ually comm itted vi olen t act s on ce insid e th e Cap itol tha t da y . S pecif ically , th e d istrict court foun d th at a ppe llant jo ined a group of prot esto rs tha t overpowered se veral p olice o f f icers w ho were d efend ing the Capito l, allowing oth er

# U n i ted S t a te s Cou r t o f Appe a l s F OR T HE D IS TRICT OF C OLUM BIA C IRCUI T

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individuals to en ter th e b uilding thro ugh an exterior doo r; tha t ap pellan t, d uring this alterca tion, pu lled o n a n o f f icer’s helm et in an ap pare nt a ttem pt t o rem ove it; an d th at app ellant , in a sep arate incide nt, struck a not her o f f icer w ho was a ttem pting to secu re doo rs to t he Sen ate cha mb er. T he district cou rt f urthe r foun d th at, in th e weeks after Janu ary6, app ellant“crisscross[e d] t he coun try” to e vade law enforcem ent , use d encrypted com mu nicatio ns, a nd dele ted incrimina ting social m edia po sts. A ppe llant has notsho w n th at t hese f indings were clearly errone ous, no r has he shown tha t th e district cou rt failed to h old t he governm entto its bu rden of proo f . S ee id. a t 12 80; Vasque z -Benite z , 91 9 F.3 d a t 55 1. Finally , be cause ap pellan t did no t pre serve h is challen ge to t he district cou rt’s consid eratio n o f his ta x de bt a s pa rt of

its de ten tion ana lysis und er 18 U.S.C. § 3 142 (g ), revi ew is fo r plain error, w hich a ppe llant h as n ot shown. S ee United Sta tes v. Olan o, 5 07 U.S. 7 25, 73 4 (19 93); United Sta tes v. Brown, 892 F.3d 38 5, 3 93 (D.C. Cir. 2018 ). Pursua nt t o D.C. Circuit Ru le 36 , th is dispo sition will no t be pu blished . T he Clerk is directe d to w ithho ld issua nce of the m and ate he rein u ntil seven d ays af ter th e resolut ion o f

an y tim ely petition for rehe aring or pe tition for rehe aring en ban c. S ee Red. R. Ap p. P . 41 (b); D.C. Cir. Rule 4 1. Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. La nger, Clerk BY: /s/ Scott H. Atchu e Depu ty Cl erk

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