Pates

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 28 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-1523 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:20-cr-02204-CAB-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

ALVIN PATES, AKA Al Noble,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Cathy Ann Bencivengo, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 21, 2025**

Before: SILVERMAN, LEE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Alvin Pates appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his

guilty-plea conviction and aggregate 41-month sentence for aiding and abetting

bank fraud and aiding or assisting in the preparation of false returns in violation of

18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1344(1), and 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2).

* 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). Pates’s counsel filed a brief under Anders v.…