United States v. Alex Tejeda

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-30103

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:15-cr-00066-TMB-SAO-1 v.

ALEX JOSE TEJEDA, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 9, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Alex Jose Tejeda appeals the district court’s judgment sentencing him to a

term of 140 months imprisonment followed by eight years of supervised release for

the distribution of heroin. He argues that the district court erred by failing to

vacate his conviction for distribution following the vacatur of his conviction for

conspiracy. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Although the reversal of Tejeda’s…