UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50046

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr-00296- v. JFW-1 EDGAR HERNANDEZ LEMUS, AKA Edgar Hernanez Lemus, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50051

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr-00296- v. JFW-3 JUNIOR ALMENDAREZ MARTINEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding 2 UNITED STATES V. LEMUS

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed March 5, 2024

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Kenneth K. Lee, and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bumatay

SUMMARY*

Criminal Law