Yang

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 18 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-1692 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:24-cr-00010-RVM-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

HONGJIANG YANG,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the District of Northern Mariana Islands Ramona V. Manglona, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 24, 2025 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and McKEOWN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Hongjiang Yang (“Yang”) appeals from his conviction for conspiring to

transport, as well as aiding and abetting the transportation of, a noncitizen who has

come to, entered, or remains in the United States unlawfully under 8 U.S.C. § 1324

(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (v)(I)-(II). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We affirm as to the sufficiency of the indictment, the admission of testimonial

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. evidence, and the jury instructions. We…