United States v. Alexis Jaimez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-50253 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:16-cr-00390-

RGK-

ALEXIS JAIMEZ, AKA Alexis Dominic Jaimez, AKA Alexis Dominica Jaimez, AKA Lex, AKA OPINION Lil Travieso, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 17, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed August 23, 2022

Before: John B. Owens and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bress; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Owens

* The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

Affirming Alexis Jaimez’s convictions for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, money laundering conspiracy, and RICO conspiracy, the panel held that sufficient evidence supported the convictions and that Jaimez’s challenges to the jury instructions…