UNITED STATES v. HERRERA RIVERA (2018)

MEMORANDUM ***

Carlos Herrera-Rivera appeals his conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841.

This Court previously affirmed his conviction in United States v. Herrera-Rivera, 832 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2016). Although the Court affirmed his conviction, it remanded to the district court for resentencing. Id. at 1174-75. The district court resentenced Herrera-Rivera, and he now appeals again.

On appeal, he does not challenge his new sentence. Rather, he argues that, under the Court’s decision in United States v. Orozco, 858 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir. 2017), the search and seizure leading to his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment rights, requiring suppression of the evidence introduced at trial and the reversal of his conviction.

Herrera-Rivera failed to raise a Fourth Amendment claim at any point in the prior proceedings, and he is not entitled to do so now on his second appeal. Nor is he entitled to an evidentiary hearing.

Our decision in Orozco is not the type of intervening authority that would allow Herrera-Rivera to raise his Fourth Amendment claim for the first time on his second appeal. See United States v. Van Alstyne, 584 F.3d 803, 812-13 (9th Cir. 2009) (allowing defendant to re-raise issue in second appeal where he actually raised a related issue in a previous appeal). Orozco may well have provided Herrera-Rivera with a stronger basis to argue for suppression, but it cannot excuse his failure to raise a Fourth Amendment claim altogether in prior proceedings.

Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED.