Thaxton

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 25 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-4196

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 1:21-cr-00099-SOM-1 v.

FELIX THAXTON, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Susan O. Mollway, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 12, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: S.R. THOMAS, BRESS, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

Felix Thaxton appeals the sentence imposed on him after his guilty plea to

knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Because the

parties are familiar with the facts and history of this case, we need not recount

them here.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. I

Thaxton raises several challenges to the district court’s application of the

premises enhancement, U.S.S.G. §…