Opinion
No. 15-30089
05-23-2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CANDELARIO ALBERTO GARCIA, Defendant - Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. CR-14-51-BLG-SPW MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana
Susan P. Watters, District Judge Argued and Submitted May 5, 2016 Portland, Oregon Before: TALLMAN and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges and BATTAGLIA, District Judge.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
The Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation. --------
Candelario Alberto Garcia entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence derived from a "knock and talk" encounter with police officers. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Garcia's position that he was seized from the moment he encountered the officers at his door is unavailing. The encounter in this case is virtually identical to the encounter in United States v. Crapser, which this Court found to be voluntary and consensual. 472 F.3d 1141, 1146 (9th Cir. 2007). The district court therefore correctly denied Garcia's motion.
AFFIRMED.