Rodriguez-Arvizu

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-393

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:15-cr-01390- v. JGZ-EJM-

ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ- OPINION

ARVIZU,

Defendant - Appellant.

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

Argued and Submitted October 24, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed March 17, 2025

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR., BRIDGET S. BADE, and DANIELLE J. FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.; Concurrence by Judge Danielle J. Forrest USA V. RODRIGUEZ-ARVIZU

SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Abelardo Rodriguez-Arvizu’s motion to suppress his post-arrest statements in a case in which the district court subsequently found Rodriguez-Arvizu guilty, at a bench trial, of offenses related to his participation in a marijuana “rip crew”—a group of armed individuals who steal drugs from smugglers. The panel held that suppression of Rodriguez-Arvizu’s statements is not warranted for FBI…