United States of America v. Eucharia Ifeyinwa Okeke, Aka Uk

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
EUCHARIA IFEYINWA OKEKE,
AKA UK,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-50308
D.C. No. 2:14-cr-00234-GW-1
MEMORANDUM*
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.
FILED
NOV 21 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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.

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