Serrano

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 30 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-7229 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:21-cr-01590-JLS-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

JOSE ANGEL SERRANO,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Janis L. Sammartino, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, CHRISTEN, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Jose Angel Serrano conditionally pleaded guilty to drug

and firearm possession charges and was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment.

He now appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence

obtained from his residence. “We review de novo a district court’s denial of a motion

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. to suppress, reviewing for clear error the district court’s underlying factual findings.”

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