United States v. Rafael Ramiro-Medina

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 26 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-50382

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-02028-GPC-1 v.

RAFAEL RAMIRO-MEDINA, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 6, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ, CALLAHAN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Rafael Ramiro-Medina appeals his conviction for four counts of transporting

undocumented immigrants and aiding and abetting in violation of 8 U.S.C. §

1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), (v)(II). The only issue on appeal is the district court’s denial of

a challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), to the government’s

peremptory strike of a Hispanic woman, Juror Caudillo. We have jurisdiction

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we…