Velazquez

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 21 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Nos. 22-50239, 24-5359 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:17-cr-03707-BAS-1 v.

ALFRED VELAZQUEZ, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Cynthia A. Bashant, District Judge, Presiding

No. 22-50239 Argued and Submitted March 26, 2024 No. 24-5359 Submitted October 28, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER and FORREST, Circuit Judges, and SELNA, District Judge.***

Alfred Velazquez was convicted of various drug crimes. After an earlier

appeal, we remanded to allow him to move for a new trial based on newly

discovered impeachment evidence regarding one of the Government’s expert * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Velazquez’s claim that the district court abused its discretion when it admitted expert testimony related to the retail value…