United States v. Youzhe Piao

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 20 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-10045

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:19-cr-00010-RVM-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

YOUZHE PIAO,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands Ramona V. Manglona, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 14, 2021**

Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Youzhe Piao appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the

two-month sentence imposed following his jury-trial conviction for conspiracy to

unlawfully produce an identification document, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§ 1028(a)(1), (f). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Piao first argues that the district court…