Kazzzaz

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

NOV 26 2014

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 12-50532 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:12-cr-00348-RGK-1 v.

AHMED SARCHIL KAZZAZ MEMORANDUM*

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 8, 2014 Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.**

Ahmed Sarchil Kazzaz pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with

one count of conspiracy to defraud and to commit offenses against the United

States, six counts of paying kickbacks to a government contractor’s employees to

obtain subcontracts and renewals, one count of wire fraud, and four counts of mail

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,…