Perez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 2 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-3040 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:22-cr-00333-MEMF-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MANUEL PEREZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 6, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: SANCHEZ and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and DONATO, District Judge.**

Appellant-Defendant Manuel Perez (“Perez”) was convicted by a jury for

abusive sexual contact, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b), 7(8) and simple assault of an

individual under the age of sixteen, 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(5), 7(8). Following his

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. conviction, Perez moved for a new trial on the basis of erroneous jury…