Eggleston

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 17 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-2360 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:20-cr-00434-DSF-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

JERMAINE EGGLESTON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 1, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, OWENS, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Jermaine Eggleston appeals from his conviction for possession with intent to

distribute three kilograms of a substance containing fentanyl in violation of

U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(vi). As the parties are familiar with the facts, we do

not recount them here. We affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1. The district court did not abuse its discretion by giving a willful blindness

jury instruction. The government presented ample evidence for a jury to rationally

find that…