Martinez
United States v. Martinez
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 12 2025
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-530 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:23-cr-00081-CKJ-MAA-1 v.
NICOLE SHERMAINE MARTINEZ, MEMORANDUM*
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 13, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
Before: RAWLINSON and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, ** District Judge.
Defendant Nicole Martinez appeals from the district court’s denial of her
motion to suppress evidence of alien smuggling that was obtained during a traffic
stop as she headed north after a brief roundtrip to Menagers Dam, Arizona, a
village near the Mexican border. Following denial of the motion, Martinez was
convicted by a jury of transportation of, and conspiracy to transport, aliens
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. **…