Nos. 21-1089, 21-7083, 21-7095, and 21-7119 In the Supreme Court of the United States JEFF GARVIN SMITH, CARY DALE VANDIVER, PATRICK MICHAEL MCKEOUN, DAVID RANDY DROZDOWSKI, AND VINCENT JOHN WITORT, PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MICHAEL KENNETH RICH, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAUL ANTHONY DARRAH, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VICTOR CARLOS CASTANO, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES IN OPPOSITION ELIZABETH B. PRELOGAR Solicitor General Counsel of Record KENNETH A. POLITE, JR. Assistant Attorney General JENNY C. ELLICKSON Attorney Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 [email protected] (202) 514-2217