Cervantes-Ceja

United States v. Cervantes-Ceja

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115 F. App'x 384
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 2004No. 03-10647California222 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*385 MEMORANDUM **

Cervantes-Ceja appeals his conviction of entry and being found in the United States after having been deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 .

From the time he entered the United States from Mexico until he was apprehended thirty minutes later, CervantesCeja was never within the “official restraint” of the authorities and was not “deprived of his liberty” or “prevented from going at large within the United States.” 1 Unlike the alien in Pacheco-Medina, 2 but like the alien in HemandezHerrera, 3 Cervantes-Ceja was out of sight. It was not plain error for the district court not to define further the elements of § 1326 in the jury instructions, 4 and the district court properly denied CervantesCeja’s motion for acquittal.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

. See United States v. Hernandez-Herrera, 273 F.3d 1213, 1218-19 (2001); United States v. Pacheco-Medina, 212 F.3d 1162, 1164 (9th Cir.2000).

. See Pacheco-Medina, 212 F.3d at 1164-65 .

. See Hernandez-Herrera, 273 F.3d at 1219 .

. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725,…

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