Morales-Cortez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 16 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-2193 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 4:23-cr-50098-JGZ-MAA-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

RODOLFO MORALES-CORTEZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

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

Submitted May 14, 2025** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: RAWLINSON, BUMATAY, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Rodolfo Morales-Cortez (Morales-Cortez) appeals the district court’s

imposition of a seven-month custodial sentence based on Morales-Cortez’s guilty

plea to violating his supervised release conditions imposed for a prior illegal

* 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). reentry conviction. We affirm.

1. Morales-Cortez was sentenced for two separate offenses—illegal reentry

in…