UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS September 16, 2024

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. No. 23-2027

SERGIO RUIZ,

Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (D.C. No. 2:21-CR-01389-KG-1) _________________________________ Amanda Skinner, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Imtiaz Hossain, Assistant Federal Public Defender; and Margaret A. Katze, Federal Public Defender, with her on the brief), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Defendant-Appellant. Joni Autrey Stahl, Assistant United States Attorney (Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney, with her on