Silva

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-3226 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cr-00692-DMS-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

JOHNNY ERNEST SILVA,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 3, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD, BEA, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Johnny Ernest Silva appeals his convictions for

illegally smuggling undocumented individuals in violation of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii)–(iii). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we

affirm.

On December 8, 2022, Silva was detained at the San Ysidro Port of Entry at

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. the U.S.-Mexico border, after Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers

discovered two men hiding in Silva’s 2007 Ford Explorer SUV. Silva was charged

and…