Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Lee GILLENWATER, II, aka Charles Lee Gillenwater, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-10-18
Citations: 669 F. App'x 844
Docket Number: No. 15-30288
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Lee GILLENWATER, II, aka Charles Lee Gillenwater, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 844–845

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Lee GILLENWATER, II, aka Charles Lee Gillenwater, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-30288
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted October 6, 2016 Seattle, Washington
Filed October 18, 2016
Matthew F. Duggan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Timothy John Ohms, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USSP—Office of the U.S. Attorney, Spokane, WA, for Plaintiff-Ap-pellee
Jeffry Keith Finer, Senior Litigating Attorney, Center for Justice, Spokane, WA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Charles Gillenwater appeals his conviction for transmitting threatening communications to a government employee in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) and § 876(c). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Gillenwater conceded at oral argument that his Speedy Trial Act claim has been waived. To determine whether there has been a violation of the constitutional speedy trial guarantee, we follow the Supreme Court's four-prong balancing test as articulated in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972) (considering the "[l]ength of delay, the reason for the delay, the defendant's assertion of his right, and prejudice to the defendant"). Though the four-year delay between Gillenwater's indictment and trial was presumptively prejudicial, see Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. 647, 652 n.1, 112 S.Ct. 2686, 120 L.Ed.2d 520 (1992); United States v. Tanh Huu Lam, 251 F.3d 852, 856 (9th Cir. 2001), it was largely attributable to Gillenwater's own appeals and the district court's efforts to restore him to competency. Far from "impairing]" his defense, see Barker, 407 U.S. at 532, 92 S.Ct. 2182, competency restoration ensured that Gillenwater received due process. See Medina v. California, 505 U.S. 437, 453, 112 S.Ct. 2572, 120 L.Ed.2d 353 (1992).
The district court did not err when it denied Gillenwater's Rule 29 motion for acquittal. The Government s evidence sufficiently supported the conclusion that Gillenwater sent his messages for the purpose of issuing a threat. See Elonis v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2001, 2012, 192 L.Ed.2d 1 (2015). Gillenwa-ter consistently testified that his underlying goal was to get arrested. An arrest was premised on a victim feeling sufficiently threatened to alert the authorities. Section 875(c) does not require an intent to harm; it requires only an intent to threaten. See Elonis, 135 S.Ct. at 2008.
The government's motion to supplement the record is DENIED as moot.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.