United States v. Charles Cheatham

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 3 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30294

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:18-cr-00131-RAJ-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CHARLES ROLAND CHEATHAM,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 13, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Before: EBEL**, BEA, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Charles Cheatham

challenges his convictions for 1) conspiring to distribute controlled substances,

2) carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

The Honorable David M. Ebel, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of **

Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. 3) conspiring to commit money laundering. Cheatham challenges the district

court’s decision to deny his motions…