Argueta

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Argueta contends that the district court erred in denying the *974 motion to suppress evidence gained pursuant to the search warrant on the basis that the evidence the government used to connect him to the drug scheme was based only upon a confidential informant’s unverified and uncorroborated statements contained in the affidavit serving as the basis for the search warrant. We reject this contention. Argueta was linked to the enterprise on the basis of police surveillance, intercepted phone calls, and the statements of the informant. Additionally, Ar-gueta had been in contact with local police about the drug scheme; he had also been convicted of possession of contraband at his place of business earlier. Taken together, there was no lack of evidence presented to support the magistrate’s finding of probable cause for issuance of the search warrant. Our conclusion is bolstered by our obligation to be deferential to a magistrate’s issuance of a search warrant. United States v. Ramos, 923 F.2d 1346 , 1351 n. 9 (9th Cir.1991), overruled on other grounds by United States v. Ruiz, 257 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir.2001).

Argueta also contends that the district court…