United States v. Juan Torres-Perez

99 F.3d 1148 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Juan TORRES-PEREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50376. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 1996. Decided Oct. 22, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge; PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Torres-Perez appeals his conviction for forcibly resisting a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 . We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1294 (1). We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 1. The Rainbow Inspection Facility Incident. 4 On January 20, 1994 at 10:15 p.m., a California Highway Patrol ("C.H.P.") officer saw a U-Haul truck pass the Rainbow Inspection Facility on Interstate 15. 5 After noticing that the U-Haul truck had no commercial inspection sticker, the C.H.P. officer activated overhead lights that flashed, "Circle the facility to the static scale." The driver of the U-Haul truck hesitated at the exit, and…