Eley

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 4 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1254 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:21-cr-00011-LRH-CSD-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

RYAN THOMAS ELEY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 6, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: CLIFTON and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.** Ryan Thomas Eley appeals from a sentence imposed under 18 U.S.C.

§ 2252A(a)(2) and (b)(1) for receipt of child pornography. After Eley pled guilty,

the district court imposed a below-guidelines prison sentence accompanied with a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, sitting by designation. lifetime term of supervised release. The district court imposed additional special

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