Opinion ID: 719442
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Heading: Luna's Motion for Severance

Text: 14 We review the district court's decision denying Luna's motion for severance for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Ponce, 51 F.3d 820, 831 (9th Cir.1995); United States v. Baker, 10 F.3d 1374, 1386 (9th Cir.1993), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 115 S.Ct. 330 (1994); United States v. Cuozzo, 962 F.2d 945, 949 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 978, 113 S.Ct. 475 (1992). 15 Luna has not met his burden of proving such clear, manifest or undue prejudice from the joint trial that [it] violates one of his substantive rights, so that the prejudice is of such magnitude that the defendant was denied a fair trial. United States v. Vasquez-Velasco, 15 F.3d 833, 845-46 (9th Cir.1994) (internal quotations omitted). The evidence against each defendant in the instant case was easily compartmentalized. Moreover, at the close of trial, the district court instructed the jury to give separate consideration to each defendant. Therefore, we affirm the district court's order denying Luna's motion for severance. 16