United States v. Carlos Montano

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 7 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-10220

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:17-cr-00198-LJO-SKO-1 v.

CARLOS MONTANO, AKA Loco, AKA MEMORANDUM* Carlos Montano III, AKA Loco Montano,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence J. O'Neill, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: LUCERO,** IKUTA, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

At a change-of-plea hearing on February 11, 2019, Carlos Montano pleaded

guilty to three of the thirteen counts in his indictment: conspiracy to distribute

methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), interstate

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.…