Medina-Luna

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-705 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:22-cr-02443- v.

RSH-

GENARO MEDINA-LUNA,

OPINION

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Robert Steven Huie, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 26, 2024 * Pasadena, California

Filed April 12, 2024

Before: Susan P. Graber and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges, and James V. Selna, District Judge. **

Opinion by Judge Graber

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). ** The Honorable James V. Selna, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. USA V. MEDINA-LUNA

SUMMARY ***

Criminal Law

The panel dismissed in part Medina-Luna’s appeal from the 41-month prison sentence imposed following his guilty plea to an information charging him with attempted reentry by a removed noncitizen in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, and otherwise affirmed. Medina-Luna challenged the validity of his waiver…