United States v. Wafa Murad

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 3 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-50026

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:21-cr-02701-TWR-1 v.

WAFA HIRZALLA MURAD, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Todd W. Robinson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: H.A. THOMAS and DESAI, Circuit Judges, and MÁRQUEZ,** District Judge.

A jury convicted Wafa Hirzalla Murad of bringing into the United States an

alien for financial gain and unlawfully bringing in an alien without presentation, in

violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii) and (iii). Murad appeals the district court’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Rosemary Márquez, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. admission of a material witness’s…