United States v. Conrado Virgen-Mendoza

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-10109 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:19-cr-00015- v. DAD-BAM-3 CONRADO VIRGEN-MENDOZA, AKA Mendoza, OPINION Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted December 8, 2022 San Francisco, California Filed January 26, 2024 Before: Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges, and Stephen R. Bough, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge Sanchez * The Honorable…