Sepulveda-Barraza

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and JAMES C. MAHAN, District Judge. [*]

The opinion filed March 3, 2011, and published at 634 F.3d 1075 (9th Cir.2011) is superseded by the amended opinion below.

With these amendments, the panel has voted to deny Appellant's Petition for Panel Rehearing filed on May 18, 2011. Judges Gould and Ikuta have voted to deny the en banc petition, and Judge Mahan so recommends.

The full court has been advised of the Petition for Rehearing En Banc and no Judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35.

The Petition for Rehearing and the Petition for Rehearing En Banc are DENIED. No further petitions for rehearing shall be entertained.

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Alejandro Sepulveda-Barraza appeals his conviction for importation of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute, claiming that the district court erred in admitting expert testimony regarding the structure and operations of drug-trafficking organizations and unknowing drug courier modus operandi, including testimony that drugs are rarely smuggled by unknowing couriers. We hold that the district court did not abuse its…