                                                                           FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              MAY 12 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS




                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 10-10258

              Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 4:09-cr-02731-FRZ-1

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
LIBRADO GONZALEZ-VALERA,

              Defendant - Appellant.



                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Arizona
                 Frank R. Zapata, Senior District Judge, Presiding

                     Argued and Submitted February 16, 2011
                            San Francisco, California

Before: O’SCANNLAIN and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, District
Judge.**

       Gonzalez-Valera claims that his December 3, 2009 group-plea hearing

violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and his constitutional rights to due

process and assistance of counsel. The record patently demonstrates that

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
       **
              The Honorable Tena Campbell, Senior United States District Judge
for the District of Utah, sitting by designation.
Gonzalez-Valera was sufficiently advised of his rights, that he affirmed his

understanding of such rights, that he expressly waived such rights by pleading

guilty, and that he received adequate representation by counsel. As we have held,

any Rule 11 violations from this hearing were harmless, and the hearing did not

violate either due process or the right to counsel. See United States v. Escamilla-

Rojas, No. 10-10185, — F.3d — (9th Cir. 2011).

      AFFIRMED.
