United States v. Jose Zapien-Alcala

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 19 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10314

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:21-cr-02892-JCH-JR-1 v.

JOSE DEL CARMEN ZAPIEN-ALCALA, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10315

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:21-cr-50156-JCH-JR-1 v.

JOSE DEL CARMEN ZAPIEN-ALCALA,

AKA Jose Del Carmen Zapien, AKA Jose Zapien-Alcala,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Charles Hinderaker, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 15, 2024**

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. San Francisco, California

Before: GRABER, CALLAHAN, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

In September 2022, Jose del Carmen Zapien-Alcala pleaded guilty to

illegally reentering the United States following deportation, in violation of

U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). At sentencing, the…