Quintero

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 7 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1350 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:19-cr-00766-CAS-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

CRUZ NOEL QUINTERO,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2025 Pasadena, California Before: M. SMITH, CHRISTEN, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Cruz Noel Quintero timely appeals his convictions

following a jury trial on various weapons and drug-related charges. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C § 1291, and we affirm.

1. Motion to Suppress. Quintero first argues that the district court erred

in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized from the vehicle he was driving

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. immediately before his arrest because it was outside the scope of the search warrant.

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