Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Pablo JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-05-13
Citations: 603 F. App'x 601
Docket Number: No. 14-50243
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Pablo JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 603
Pages: 601–602

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Pablo JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-50243.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 7, 2015.
Filed May 13, 2015.
Alexandra Fairbanks Foster, Janet Cabral, Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Keith H. Rutman, Law Offices of Keith H. Rutman, San Diego, CA, Defendant-Appellant.
Before: PREGERSON, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Juan Pablo Jimenez challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction by a jury for conspiracy to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and resolving any potential conflicts in favor of the jury's verdict, see Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); United States v. Alvarez-Valenzuela, 231 F.3d 1198, 1201-02 (9th Cir.2000), we hold sufficient evidence supports the jury's verdict. A defendant's connection to a conspiracy may be inferred from circumstantial evidence, and coordination between co-conspirators is strong circumstantial proof. See United States v. Reed, 575 F.3d 900, 924 (9th Cir.2009); United States v. Herrera-Gonzalez, 263 F.3d 1092, 1095 (9th Cir.2001).
Jimenez argues that he was merely present, and only the testimony of his co-conspirator Reyes tends to prove he knowingly participated in the conspiracy. But a rational juror could have found otherwise. The timeline of the various agents' discoveries of vehicles along the southern California coast, the GPS data showing Jimenez tracked the movements of the panga boat filled with marijuana, the cell phone call records establishing that Reyes and Jimenez frequently dialed the same two numbers on the night in question, and the cell site tower location data, which generally tracked the movements shown by the GPS data, all corroborate Reyes' testimony of the conspiracy. Thus, there was more than sufficient evidence from which a rational trier of fact could have found all elements of the conspiracy and Jimenez's connection to it beyond a reasonable doubt — with or without Reyes' testimony.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.