Atiyensalem
United States v. Atiyensalem
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Atiyem Atiyensalem appeals his judgment of conviction following a jury trial for one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 . Atiyensalem was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment followed by 36 months’ supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment fee. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
Even assuming that the government’s failure to disclose its intention to call Officer Michael Chaffee violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, Atiyensalem has failed to establish prejudice. There is no evidence in the record before us that, given additional time, Atiyensalem would have been able to procure evidence to impeach Officer Chaffee’s testimony or attack his knowledge of Arabic. See United States v. Figueroa-Lopez, 125 F.3d 1241, 1247 (9th Cir.1997).
We express no opinion on Atiyensalem’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Such claims are ordinarily not appropriate for resolution on direct appeal, and this case does not present one of the “extraordinary” circumstances that would warrant our ruling on the issue. United States v. Jeronimo, 398 F.3d…