Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James David ALLEN, II, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-29
Citations: 584 F. App'x 326
Docket Number: No. 13-30182
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James David ALLEN, II, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 326–328

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James David ALLEN, II, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-30182.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted July 7, 2014.
Filed July 29, 2014.
Helen J. Brunner, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Catherine Lynskey Crisham, Assistant U.S., Michael Symington Morgan, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Brent Aldrich Hart, Law Office of Brent Hart, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellant James David Allen appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrant-supported search of his home. He argues that police officers intentionally or recklessly omitted from the warrant affidavit information that would have negated probable cause. See Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154, 98 S.Ct. 2674, 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
1. The district court did not clearly err in finding that the investigating officers did not intentionally or recklessly omit the challenged facts from the warrant affidavit. The district court heard testimony from the investigating officers at two Franks hearings. The district court credited the officers' testimony, and those credibility findings were not clearly erroneous. See Anderson v. Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564, 575, 105 S.Ct. 1504, 84 L.Ed.2d 518 (1985) ("[WJhen a trial judge's finding is based on his decision to credit the testimony of one of two or more witnesses, each of whom has told a coherent and facially plausible story that is not contradicted by extrinsic evidence, that finding, if not internally inconsistent, can virtually never be clear error.").
1. We further conclude that the omitted information was not material to probable cause. First, information that Jessikah Ramsey had an outstanding warrant, in addition to an outstanding charge for making a false statement, would not have undermined probable cause because the outstanding warrant was cumulative evidence of Ramsey's credibility. Second, that Ramsey's false statement charge was about Allen would not have changed the probable cause determination because the affidavit included the false statement charge, and the additional details about the charge would not have materially changed the impact on Ramsey's credibility. Third, the neighbors' statements that they had not heard gunshots that day would not have undermined probable cause because the warrant affidavit did not rely on Allen having fired a firearm that day. Finally, information about Ramsey's backpack would not have undermined probable cause because the affidavit already indicated that Ramsey had a felony methamphetamine possession conviction and that Ramsey had used methamphetamine with Allen the day before. Accordingly, none of the challenged, omitted facts was material.
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.