United States v. Hanan Sundiata

990 F.2d 1265 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hanan SUNDIATA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-10629. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1993. Decided April 9, 1993. Before CHOY, PREGERSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Appellant Hanan Sundiata was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 . The district court sentenced Sundiata to fifteen months in prison and three years of supervised release. Sundiata appeals from the conviction and sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 According to the government's evidence at trial, Sundiata was involved in a scheme to fraudulently obtain funds from Sundiata's employer, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company. Sundiata and another participant in the scheme, Leonardo Hutchinson, worked as claims examiners for Northwestern. The…