Source: cases/18usc1962/f-supp-3d-370-1090-us-v-mongol-nation.case
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Consistent with the Ninth Circuit's previous ruling in this case, the evidence demonstrated that the Mongol Nation is distinct from the Mongol Gang; and the Mongol Nation is legally capable of committing the underlying RICO acts.
casedsl 1.2 # author: Flash1 (gemini-3.8-flash-high) # triaged-by: Fable (2026-11-10) case /f-supp-3d/370/1090-01 name United States v. Mongol Nation cite 370 F. Supp. 3d 1090 (2019) court United States District Court for the Central District of California date 2019-02-28 url catalog/cases/f-supp-3d/volume_370/1090_01/index.html source ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_370.jsonl sha1=5ed08f5fdd7b17b3584307839ceaae2cadf55cc3 chars=60000 opinion op : order by Carter @0..60000 controlling ? opinion: IR text is capped at 60000 chars and ends inside section III.A (First Amendment); sections III.B-C (distinctness, capacity, sufficiency of the racketeering acts) are not in the text party p1 : Mongol Nation (unincorporated association, the defendant) count c1 : Counts One and Two: substantive RICO § 1962(c) and RICO conspiracy § 1962(d) theory t1 : defendant association is a part of, and so distinct from, the larger Mongols Gang enterprise law 18usc1962 (c), (d) role applied posture criminal; post-trial order after jury convicted the Mongol Nation of substantive RICO and RICO conspiracy; district court denied the Rule 29 and Rule 33 motions (convictions stand) and denied, on First and Eighth Amendment grounds, a preliminary order under 18 U.S.C. § 1963 forfeiting the club's collective membership marks result claimant-won element person : satisfied [proved] decider jury review affirmed route distinct-from-enterprise pattern unincorporated motorcycle club charged as the person; enterprise is the larger gang made up of the club plus additional individuals party p1 count c1 theory t1 fact @26377..26536 [supports] | Mongol Nation was alleged to be part of a larger whole, the Mongols Gang, which is comprised of additional individuals who together form the alleged enterprise held @9423..9652 | Consistent with the Ninth Circuit's previous ruling in this case, the evidence demonstrated that the Mongol Nation is distinct from the Mongol Gang; and the Mongol Nation is legally capable of committing the underlying RICO acts. ? other: the only quotable fact is the indictment theory the Ninth Circuit sustained on the pleadings; the court says the trial evidence bore it out, but its discussion of that evidence lies beyond the 60000-char cap gloss Rule 29 motion denied: the jury's verdict stands on the distinctness of the defendant association from the Mongols Gang enterprise. The same sentence also rejects the argument that an unincorporated association cannot commit the violent predicate acts. misfit The forfeiture rulings (18 U.S.C. § 1963; First Amendment; Excessive Fines Clause), which occupy most of the available text and on which the Government lost, are outside § 1962 and are not recorded. The jury's pattern findings (five racketeering acts proved, three not proved) are reported but the court's review of them is beyond the text cap.