Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MOLINA-MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Ruiz De Chavez, aka, Licensiado, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-12-20
Citations: 22 F. App'x 873
Docket Number: No. 00-50565; D.C. Nos. CR-99-03643-MLH, CR-99-03643-H
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MOLINA-MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Ruiz De Chavez, aka, Licensiado, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 22
Pages: 873–874

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MOLINA-MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Ruiz De Chavez, aka, Licensiado, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-50565.
D.C. Nos. CR-99-03643-MLH, CR-99-03643-H.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 2001.
Decided Dec. 20, 2001.
Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Oscar Ruiz de Chavez and Sergio Molina-Montoya appeal the district court's denial of their motions to suppress the testimony of two cooperating defendants as "fruit of the poisonous tree."
The testimony of the cooperating defendants was sufficiently attenuated from the unlawful search to remove any taint. United States v. Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268, 279-80, 98 S.Ct. 1054, 55 L.Ed.2d 268 (1978). The district court properly denied the motions to suppress.
AFFIRMED.
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