United States v. Antonio Cardona-Urbina Elizabeth Torres

26 F.3d 133 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Antonio CARDONA-URBINA; Elizabeth Torres, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 93-10266, 93-10280. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 10, 1994. Decided June 14, 1994. Before: POOLE, BEEZER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Appellants Cardona-Urbina and Torres appeal in forma pauperis their convictions for failing to report the transportation of monetary instruments while crossing the United States-Mexico border, in violation of 31 U.S.C. Secs. 5316 and 5322. We affirm. 3 * On August 26, 1992, the appellants, Antonio Cardona-Urbina, and his common-law wife, Elizabeth Torres, were stopped at the port of entry near Nogales, Arizona. Edward Eisenhauer, a United States Customs inspector, speaking Spanish, told the appellants that federal law required them to report any currency they were taking to Mexico if the amount exceeded…