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United States v. Flores-Mendez

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 18, 2017
No. 15-10107 (9th Cir. Apr. 18, 2017)

Opinion

No. 15-10107

04-18-2017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGUEL ANGEL FLORES-MENDEZ, a.k.a. Jose Manuel Garcia Pacheco, a.k.a. Migue, a.k.a. Miguel, Defendant-Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00177-KJM MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding Before: GOULD, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Miguel Angel Flores-Mendez appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Florez-Mendez contends that his guilty plea was involuntary because the district court advised him that he "could" be removed from the United States as a result of his conviction rather than advising him that he "would" be removed. As a preliminary matter, this appeal is not subject to immediate dismissal under the appeal waiver provision of the plea agreement because the sole issue on appeal pertains to the voluntariness of his guilty plea and adequacy of the plea colloquy. See United States v. Portillo-Cano, 192 F.3d 1246, 1249-50 (9th Cir. 1999).

Nevertheless, our precedent forecloses Flores-Mendez's contention that due process requires district courts to advise a criminal defendant of the specific immigration consequences that he or she faces as a result of a guilty plea. See United States v. Delgado-Ramos, 635 F.3d 1237, 1241 (9th Cir. 2011). Furthermore, the district court complied with the Rule 11 requirement to advise Flores-Mendez generally that he "may be removed from the United States, denied citizenship, and denied admission to the United States in the future" as a result of his conviction. Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b)(1)(O); see also id., advisory committee's note to 2013 amendment.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Flores-Mendez

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 18, 2017
No. 15-10107 (9th Cir. Apr. 18, 2017)
Case details for

United States v. Flores-Mendez

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGUEL ANGEL…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 18, 2017

Citations

No. 15-10107 (9th Cir. Apr. 18, 2017)