UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-435 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 8:20-cr-00171- v. JVS-FWS-5 JESUS RAMIRO GOMEZ, AKA Hunter, OPINION

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 4, 2024

Before: Holly A. Thomas and Roopali H. Desai, Circuit Judges, and James Alan Soto, District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Desai; Concurrence by Judge Soto

* The Honorable James Alan Soto, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. 2 USA V. GOMEZ

SUMMARY **

Criminal Law