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Parties Involved:
Miguel Ascencio Garcia
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

USA,

Plaintiff,

v.

MIGUEL ASCENCIO GARCIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cr-00537-VC-1 

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

JURY INSTRUCTION RE 

ENTRAPMENT BY ESTOPPEL

Re: Dkt. No. 58

The defendant has requested that the jury be instructed on his proposed defense of 

entrapment by estoppel. This request is denied, because there is no basis in law, or in the evidence 

the defendant has proffered to the Court, for such an instruction. Even if a Superior Court Judge 

could be considered an "authorized government official" in this context, the judge did not say 

anything to the defendant that would lead him to reasonably believe he was permitted to remain in 

the country. And because the evidence proffered to the Court in connection with this motion does 

not give rise to an entrapment by estoppel defense, the defendant is precluded from presenting any 

of that evidence at trial. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2015

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 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cr-00537-VC Document 61 Filed 04/22/15 Page 1 of 1