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n i ted S ta tes v. R i vera , 6 8 2 F .3 d 1 2 2 3 , 1 2 3 2 - 3 4 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 2 ) . C a rr i l l o r a i s e d no obj e c t i on w he n the di s tr i c tj udge e xc l ude d L ope z a nd the i nf a nt f r om the c ourtr oom . C a rr i l l o f or f e i t e d hi s c l a i m bynotpr om pt l yobj e c t i ng or as ki ng thatL op ez and h erbaby be al l ow ed t o st ay . B y th e t i m e, l at er i n th e d ay, th a t C a rr illo o b

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i l l ed cont ai ners hi dde n i n the t i r e s on the truc k’ s pe r f orm a nc e . T hi s c l a i m f

a i l s be c aus e a l though fo u n d at i o n fo r th e m ech an i c’ s o p i n i o n s w as arg u ab l e, fo u n d at i o n w as n o tso l a c ki ng a s t o m a ke a dm i s s i on of the t e s t i m onya n abus e of di s c r e t i on. H e ha d 36 y e a r s of e xpe r i e nc e a s am e c ha ni c , m ount i ng a nd ba l a nc i ng t i r e s a nd di a gnos i ng a n d r e p a ir in g tir e a n d b a la n c e p r o b le m s w ith c a r s a n d D o d g e R a m tru c k s . F urthe rm or e , the w i tne s s ha d pe r s ona l l yi ns pe c t e d C a rr i l l o’ s truc k a nd the drug co n tain er s. T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n in ru li n g th at C arrill o ’s3

o b je c tio n s w e n t to th e w e ig h t o f th e te s tim o n y , n o t its a d m is s ib ility . See U ni ted S ta te s v . G a r c ia , 7 F .3 d 8 8 5 , 8 8 9 - 9 0 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 3 ) . A FFI R M ED .