Flores

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 3 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-4002 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:23-cr-00414-HDV v.

MEMORANDUM*

ANTHONY FLORES, AKA

BabyGfar; IVIN KITU SANFORD,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Hernán D. Vera, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 16, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

The United States appeals the district court’s pretrial ruling in limine

excluding flight evidence and evidence of a stolen car in the government’s criminal

prosecution of Anthony Flores and Ivin Kitu Sanford (together, “Defendants”). We

have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731. We review a district court’s exclusion of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 403 for abuse of discretion. United States

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