Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ceasar A. COGGER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-09
Citations: 609 F. App'x 487
Docket Number: No. 14-30144
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ceasar A. COGGER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: NGUYEN and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges and CARNEY, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 609
Pages: 487–488

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ceasar A. COGGER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-30144.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 7, 2015.
Filed July 9, 2015.
Helen J. Brunner, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Barbara J. Sievers, Assistant U.S., Office of The U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jerome Kuh, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Tacoma, WA, for Defendant>-Appellant.
Before: NGUYEN and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges and CARNEY, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Cormac J. Carney, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ceasar Cogger appeals the district court's order affirming his conviction for three counts of simple assault. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
1. Cogger claims that the trial court erred in permitting Gustavo Gurrola to invoke a blanket Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Cogger's claim is belied by the record. Because Cogger did not object below, we review for plain error. See United States v. Gonzalez Becerra, 784 F.3d 514, 518 (9th Cir.2015). Here, the trial court did not permit a blanket assertion of the privilege. Rather, the court adopted a question-by-question approach. And, in evaluating "the questions, their setting, and the peculiarities of the case," the court could determine that Gurrola's answers could subject him to "a real and appreciable danger of incrimination" as a member of the armed forces with a duty to report certain misconduct. United States v. Drollinger, 80 F.3d 389, 392 (9th Cir.1996) (quoting United States v. Neff, 615 F.2d 1235, 1240 (9th Cir.1980)). Thus, the court did not err in assessing Gurrola's invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege.
2. Cogger also challenges the trial court's failure to order sua sponte the government to grant Gurrola immunity in exchange for his testimony at trial. Cogger, however, has not shown that the requirements for compelling immunity were satisfied. See United States v. Straub, 538 F.3d 1147, 1162 (9th Cir.2008).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.