United States v. John De Herrera

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 03 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-50527 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:08-cr-01085-CBM v. MEMORANDUM * JOHN DE HERRERA, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 23, 2010 ** Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. John De Herrera appeals pro se from the bench-trial conviction and 24- month unsupervised probationary sentence imposed for committing the misdemeanor offenses of: (1) commemorative installation of a structure in a federal park area without authorization; and (2) tampering with property in a * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). federal park, in violation of 36 C.F.R. §§ 2.62(a) and 2.31(a)(2). De Herrera admits to committing the offenses, but contends that the conviction should be set aside based on his defense of necessity. The district court correctly concluded that there was no evidence to support De Herrera’s necessity defense. Accordingly, this contention lacks merit. See United States v. Perdomo- Espana, 522 F.3d 983, 987 (9th Cir. 2008). AFFIRMED. 2 09-50527