Gutierrez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 21 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-765 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:19-cr-00108-JAK-2 v.

MEMORANDUM*

IVAN GUTIERREZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 16, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.***

Ivan Gutierrez appeals his conviction and 168-month sentence after pleading

guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine,

* 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). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. and fentanyl, and distribution of…