United States v. Eucharia Okeke

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
NOV 21 2017
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-50308

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:14-cr-00234-GW-1

v.
MEMORANDUM*
EUCHARIA IFEYINWA OKEKE,
AKA UK,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 17, 2017**
Pasadena, California

Before: KOZINSKI and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and GETTLEMAN,***
District Judge.

*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
***
The Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
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1. The district court wasn’t “put on notice” that Okeke has any difficulty

understanding English. See United States v. Si, 333 F.3d 1041, 1044 (9th Cir.

2003). Nor does the record indicate that Okeke has difficulty understanding

English. Therefore the district court didn’t err by failing to appoint an interpreter.

2. As a general rule, we don’t review ineffective assistance of counsel

claims on direct appeal, and no exception to that rule applies here. See United

States v. Benford, 574 F.3d 1228, 1231 (9th Cir. 2009).

3. We dismiss the sentencing portion of Okeke’s appeal because she

knowingly and voluntarily waived her right to appeal her sentence. See United

States v. Lococo, 514 F.3d 860, 866 (9th Cir. 2008) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED IN PART, DISMISSED IN PART.