Springmeier

MEMORANDUM *

Defendant-Appellant Fritz Artz Springmeier appeals from his conviction for committing a bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a), (d) and for the use of a firearm during the commission of that bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1)(A). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and affirm Springmeier’s conviction. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history, we do not recite them in detail here.

Springmeier first contends that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1)(A) by aiding and abetting his co-defendant’s use of a firearm during the commission of the bank robbery and, therefore, that the district court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on this count. “We review de novo the district court’s denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal based upon insufficient evidence,” and “ask whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” United States v. Hursh, 217 F.3d 761, 767 (9th Cir.2000) (internal…