United States v. Marco Peralta-Vega

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 19 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10131

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:19-cr-00338-JGZ-JR-1 v.

MARCO ANTONIO PERALTA-VEGA, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: RAWLINSON and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, District Judge.** Concurrence by Judge COLLINS.

Marco Antonio Peralta-Vega (Peralta-Vega) appeals the district court’s

order awarding a forfeiture penalty of $21,027.50 in substitute property after he

pled guilty to smuggling goods into Mexico in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 554.

* 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. We have jurisdiction over…