United States v. Edgar Lemus

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50046

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr-00296-JFW-1 v.

EDGAR HERNANDEZ LEMUS, AKA MEMORANDUM*

Edgar Hernanez Lemus,

Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50051

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-cr-00296-JFW-3 v.

JUNIOR ALMENDAREZ MARTINEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2023 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, LEE, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Defendants Edgar Hernandez Lemus (“Lemus”) and Junior Almendarez

Martinez (“Almendarez”) appeal their convictions and sentences stemming from

their part in a conspiracy to receive the proceeds of extortion. Lemus…