United States v. Christian Estrella

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10027

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-00517- v. WHO-1

CHRISTIAN ALEJANDRO

ESTRELLA, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Horsley Orrick, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed June 6, 2023

Before: Jay S. Bybee and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Richard D. Bennett,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bennett

* The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Christian Alejandro Estrella’s motion to suppress evidence in a case in which Estrella entered a conditional guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Estrella was arrested after two officers discovered a handgun concealed in his…