Mondaca

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-283

Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:21-cr-00130-TOR-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MIGUEL ANTONIO MONDACA,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 12, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: CHRISTEN and SUNG, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge**

Defendant Miguel Mondaca appeals the district court’s judgment convicting

him of attempted and actual sex trafficking of a minor under the Trafficking and

Violence Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a) and 1594(a), the denial of his request

for a new trial on the same count, and the imposition of a thirty-year sentence. We

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by…