Full Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 October 27, 2026 Before MICHAEL B. BRENNAN, Chief Judge MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge CANDACE JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judge No. 25-2164 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appeal from the United States District Plaintiff-Appellee, Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. v. No. 1:18-cr-00667-1 GARY L. HOWARD, Defendant-Appellant. Steven C. Seeger, Judge. ORDER Defendant-Appellant Gary Howard filed a petition for rehearing and for rehearing en banc on October 9, 2026. No judge in regular active service has requested a vote on the petition for rehearing en banc, and all members of the panel have voted to deny the petition for panel rehearing.1 The petition therefore is DENIED. The opinion issued on September 25, 2026, is amended as follows: 1 Circuit Judge John Z. Lee did not participate in the consideration of this petition for rehearing. No. 25-2164 Page 2 In the first full paragraph on page 27, the second sentence is amended, and a new third sentence is added, so it reads as follows: The jury heard testimony that a confidential informant reached an agreement through a middleman to buy 2 ounces of cocaine from Howard for $2,400. That informant also testified that Howard passed drugs to the middleman, who passed them to her.