United States v. Vahe Sarkiss

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 30 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-50266

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:19-cr-00495-DSF-1 v.

VAHE SARKISS, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2023 Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and S. MURPHY,** District Judge.

Appellant Vahe Sarkiss appealed his one-count jury trial conviction for

possession of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2). After

Sarkiss was previously convicted for possession of child pornography in 2013, a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Stephen Joseph Murphy, III, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation. woman found a flash drive in the laundry…