UNITED STATES v. YEPEZ

No. 22-50233.

108 F.4th 1093 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto YEPEZ, aka Beto, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Friedman (argued) and David Pi, Assistant United States Attorneys; Bram M. Alden, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Appeals Section; E. Martin Estrada, United States Attorney; Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California; Aaron Lewis, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dale F. Ogden Jr. (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Cuauhtemoc Ortega, Federal Public Defender; Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Michelle T. Friedland, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

While Roberto Yepez was serving an unrelated state sentence, he was transferred to federal custody to face a federal drug trafficking charge. He was convicted and sentenced in federal court. Later, while serving the federal sentence, he filed a pro se motion in federal district court arguing that he should...

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