Villegas

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 18 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-3492 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cr-00044-TWR-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MANUEL VILLEGAS, AKA Jose Figueroa-Garcia,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Todd W. Robinson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Manuel Villegas appeals his conviction for one count of illegal reentry in

violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) on the grounds that his jury waiver was invalid. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

“We review the adequacy of a jury-trial waiver de novo.” United States v.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Shorty, 741 F.3d 961, 965 (9th Cir. 2013). “To be valid, a defendant’s waiver of

the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial must be…