United States v. Steven Duarte

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50048 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-cr- 00387-AB-1 v. STEVEN DUARTE, AKA Shorty, OPINION Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California André Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted En Banc December 11, 2024 Pasadena, California Filed May 9, 2025 Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Sandra S. Ikuta, John B. Owens, Ryan D. Nelson, Daniel P. Collins, Lawrence…