United States v. Christopher Burnell

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 2 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50201

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 5:17-cr-00278-MWF-1 v.

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD BURNELL, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 17, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge COLLINS.

Christopher Burnell appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea

to committing wire fraud and filing false income tax returns. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). We affirm.

1. Burnell challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to substitute

counsel. “We review a district court’s denial of a motion for substitution of counsel

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