United States v. Linda Nguyen

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 22 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10227

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:19-cr-00045-PJH-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

LINDA NGUYEN,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Phyllis J. Hamilton, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 14, 2021**

Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Linda Nguyen appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the

24-month sentence imposed following her guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to

commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1349. 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). Nguyen contends that she was denied effective assistance of counsel…