Encines-Montoya

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 18 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-691 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cr-02169-LAB-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

DANIEL ENCINES-MONTOYA,

Defendant - Appellant.

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

Submitted February 3, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: MILLER, LEE, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Daniel Encines-Montoya appeals his 26-month custodial sentence following

his guilty-plea conviction for transporting undocumented individuals and aiding and

abetting in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (v)(II). We have jurisdiction

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Encines-Montoya and his co-defendant were arrested after…