Castro-Velasquez

MEMORANDUM ***

Hugo Isaac Castro Velasquez appeals his conviction for importation of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute on the grounds that the district court improperly allowed the jury to hear the Spanish translation of the examination questions. We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history, we will not recount them here.

We review a district court decision on the general use of interpreters for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Mayans, 17 F.3d 1174, 1179 (9th Cir.1994) (collecting cases). Castro Velasquez argues that different jurors may have received different information in his case because of differing language abilities, violating his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment and his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury. We disagree. District courts have considerable latitude in facilitating the jury’s understanding of evidence in a foreign language. United States v. Ta-ghipour, 964 F.2d 908, 910 (9th Cir.1992). Concerns about juror misinterpretation of another language or disparities across jurors in foreign language ability are inherently present whenever a non-English speaking defendant testifies,…