Azam

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 2 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1933 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:19-mj-23019-AGS-JLS-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

IMRAN AZAM,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Janis L. Sammartino, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: PARKER,** HURWITZ, and DESAI, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge HURWITZ.

Imran Azam was convicted in a bench trial for improper attempted illegal

entry by an alien into the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a). He appeals his

conviction, claiming that the charging document did not allege the requisite mens

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation. rea, the magistrate judge improperly admitted his…