Ramirez-Ramirez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 16 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-857 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 4:20-cr-00412-JAS-MSA-3 v.

MEMORANDUM*

JOSE MARIA RAMIREZ-

RAMIREZ, AKA Jose Maria Nuñez- Ramirez,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James Alan Soto, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 3, 2024** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Jose Ramirez-Ramirez (or Nuñez-Ramirez, hereinafter

“Nuñez”) appeals his conviction of drug-related crimes under 21 U.S.C. §§

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(D), and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and

we affirm.

Nuñez argues that a 27-month delay between his initial conviction and the…