United States v. Cedric Barquet

437 F. App'x 600

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: June 9, 2011
• Docket: 10-30059
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Cedric Barquet appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 144-month sentence for (1) conspiracy to distribute cocaine and “crack” cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, and (2) possession with intent to distribute cocaine and “crack” cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 18 U.S.C. § 2. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Barquet contends that the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress because the government failed to satisfy its statutory burdens under 18 U.S.C. § 2518. The district court did not err because the record reflects that the government’s wiretap applications sufficiently “attest[ ] that adequate investigative tactics were exhausted before the wiretap order was sought or that such methods reasonably appeared unlikely to succeed or too dangerous.” United States v. Rivera, 527 F.3d 891, 898 (9th Cir.2008) (citations omitted). The government also acted reasonably in its “good faith efforts to use traditional investigative tactics or its decision to forego such tactics based on the unlikelihood of their success or the probable risk of danger involved with their use.” United States v. Gonzalez, Inc., 412 F.3d 1102, 1112 (9th Cir.2005). Moreover, any error or omissions in the government’s applications were not material to the authorizing court’s approval of the wiretaps. See United States v. Carneiro, 861 F.2d 1171, 1176-77 (9th Cir.1988).

Barquet also contends that the district court erred in denying him the opportunity to develop a record in support of his motion to suppress by denying him a hearing pursuant to Franks v. Delaware, 488 U.S. 154, 98 S.Ct. 2674, 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978). The district court did not err when it denied Barquet’s request for a Franks hearing because Barquet failed to make “a substantial preliminary showing that the affidavits contained intentionally or recklessly false statements, and that the affidavit purged of its falsities would not be sufficient to support a finding of probable cause.” United States v. Meling, 47 F.Sd 1546, 1553 (9th Cir.1995) (internal quotation marks, brackets and ellipses omitted).

AFFIRMED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.