United States v. Mae Noble, United States of America v. Jaime Ruiz Lopez, United States of America v. Refugio Espinoza, AKA Bookie

19 F.3d 31 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Mae NOBLE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaime Ruiz LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Refugio ESPINOZA, aka Bookie, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-10209, 93-10210 and 93-10216. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1994. Feb. 28, 1994. Before HUG, FARRIS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges: 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 A jury convicted Mae Noble, Jaime Lopez, and Refugio Espinoza, of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine. The court denied the defendants' motions for a new trial and sentenced them each to 188 months imprisonment. The defendants appeal. We affirm. 3 I. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Lopez a pretrial continuance. 4 We review the denial of a continuance for an abuse of discretion. A district court abuses its discretion…