United States v. Daniel Patch

MEMORANDUM

Daniel Patch appeals pro se from the district court’s order affirming a magistrate judge’s imposition of a $285 fine on Patch for violating 36 C.F.R. § 2.32 (a)(1). The magistrate judge and district court found that Patch repeatedly failed to comply with Ranger Mayer’s commands to provide identification and exit his mobile-home, and that, to the extent he was detained, his resistance was not excused by an absence of reasonable suspicion to detain him. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

A challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is reviewed de novo to determine whether, viewing “the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979) (emphasis omitted); United States v. Bucher, 375 F.3d 929, 934 (9th Cir.2004). The district court’s adherence to that standard in reviewing the magistrate judge’s decision was proper and therefore did not betray an impermissible bias.

Patch also argues on appeal that the evidence does not support his conviction and that his…