United States v. Ignacio Monroy-Salazar

76 F.3d 390 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Ignacio MONROY-SALAZAR, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50098. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 11, 1995. Decided Jan. 18, 1996. Before: HUG, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 A jury convicted Ignacio Monroy-Salazar ("Monroy") of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). The district court sentenced Monroy to 188 months in custody. Monroy appeals his convictions and his sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. I. Batson Challenge 3 Monroy first claims Batson error because the Government exercised a peremptory challenge against a 77-year old African-American woman. She was the only African-American regular juror. Monroy contends that the challenge was racially motivated in…