UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50170

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 8:20-cr-00155- v. JFW-2 CHRISTOPHER MARCEL ESQUEDA, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 16, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed December 12, 2023

Before: Carlos T. Bea, Morgan Christen, and Anthony Johnstone, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea 2 USA V. ESQUEDA

SUMMARY*

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Christopher Esqueda’s motion to suppress evidence in a case in which Esqueda entered a conditional plea to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). An informant and undercover officers conducted a controlled purchase of a fire