United States of America v. Elie Antoine Eldib

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ELIE ANTOINE ELDIB,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 08-50525
D.C. No. 2:07-cr-00516-GAF-5
MEMORANDUM *
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted January 14, 2010
Pasadena, California
Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Elie Antoine Eldib appeals from his conviction and sentence after a bench
trial on various counts associated with his participation in an identity theft ring.
The record does not establish that Eldib made an adequate and timely request for
substitution of counsel. In any event, Eldib later stated on the record that he was
satisfied with his counsel’s representation in response to the district court’s
FILED
JAN 27 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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questioning. Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying
Eldib substitute counsel. See United States v. Musa, 220 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir.
2000).
AFFIRMED.

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