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UNITED STATES v. ESQUEDA

No. 22-50170.

88 F.4th 818 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Marcel ESQUEDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 12, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waseem Salahi (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Cuauhtemoc Ortega , Federal Public Defender; Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Nisha Chandran (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section; Jena A. MacCabe , Assistant United States Attorney; Bram M. Alden , Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Appeals Section Chief; E. Martin Estrada , United States Attorney; United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mohammad Tajsar, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Emi Young, ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union California Affiliates.

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

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant Christopher Esqueda pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Esqueda conditioned his guilty plea to allow his appeal of the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence.

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