Pricop

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 5 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-3733 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 5:22-cr-00257-SSS-1 v. MEMORANDUM*

VIOREL PRICOP,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 22, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and COLE, District Judge.**

Defendant-Appellant Viorel Pricop appeals, on evidentiary grounds, his

conviction for six counts of arson in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), and separately

appeals his sentence, alleging a miscalculation of his criminal history category under

the Sentencing Guidelines. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Douglas Russell Cole, United States District…