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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason WILD, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 17-50066
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted November 13, 2017  Pasadena, California
    Filed December 13, 2017
    Christopher Seth Askins, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Nicholas William Pilchak, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Benjamin Holley, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Michelle Wasser-man, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Jami Lynn Ferrara, Attorney, Law Office of Jami L. Ferrara, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
    Before: NGUYEN and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and EATON, Judge.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       Richard K. Eaton, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jason Wild, a former United States Marine Corps reservist, appeals his jury conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

1. Wild waived any arguments he might have had against the prospective juror’s removal for cause. See United States v. Perez, 116 F.3d 840, 845 (9th Cir. 1997). When considering whether to remove the prospective juror because of his admitted difficulty with English, the district court asked defense counsel for his thoughts. Defense counsel not only stated that he had no objection to the removal, but also that he had no Batson objections. We thus find that Wild’s jury-selection claims were waived. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 733, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993).

2. The district court properly denied Wild’s motion for acquittal under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 because the government produced sufficient evidence for a rational juror to find that (1) that there was a single, continuous conspiracy to defraud the Department of Defense between 2006 and 2010, and (2) that Wild participated throughout the conspiracy. See United States v. Montgomery, 384 F.3d 1050, 1062 (9th Cir. 2004); see also United States v. Alarcon-Simi, 300 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2002) (“In ruling on a Rule 29 motion, ‘the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ” (quoting United States v. Bahena-Cardenas, 70 F.3d 1071, 1072-73 (9th Cir. 1995) (emphasis in original))).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       xhls disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     
      
      . Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).