United States v. Servillana Soriano

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 23 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10229

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:20-cr-00007-RVM-1 v.

SERVILLANA SORIANO, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands Ramona V. Manglona, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 12, 2024 Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Before: CALLAHAN, HURWITZ, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Servillana Soriano appeals her conviction for conspiracy to defraud the

United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. We presume the parties’ familiarity

with the facts and discuss them here only to the extent necessary to provide context

and resolve the issues raised on appeal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291, see 48 U.S.C. § 1824(b), and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1. Soriano argues that a United States…