Juan-Diego
United States v. Juan-Diego
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
OCT 23 2024
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1276
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:22-cr-01619-RM-BGM-1 v.
MATEO JUAN-DIEGO, AKA Mateo MEMORANDUM* Diego,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Rosemary Márquez, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 12, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
Before: RAWLINSON and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,** District Judge.
Mateo Juan-Diego (“Juan-Diego”) appeals his conviction for illegal reentry of
a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), as enhanced by § 1326(b)(1). He
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. maintains that his guilty plea was involuntary because the magistrate judge failed to
mention the “knowledge” element of the offense when taking his plea. We…