United States v. Guillermo Alamos

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 21 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 10-50304

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-0056-RGK-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

GUILLERMO ELOY ALAMOS,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 11, 2011 Pasadena, California

Before: PREGERSON and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.**

Guillermo Eloy Alamos appeals his conviction and the district court’s denial

of his motions to substitute counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1291.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas, Dallas, sitting by designation. A district court’s denial of a motion to substitute counsel is reviewed for

abuse of discretion. United States v. Lindsey, 634 F. 3d 541, 554…