United States v. Ronald Groves

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FEB 05 2015

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 13-10147

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:07-cr-00229-KJM-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RONALD W. GROVES,

Defendant - Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 13-10148

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:07-cr-00229-KJM-

v.

DONALD C. MANN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2014 San Francisco, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. Before: BERZON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.**

Ronald W. Groves and Donald C. Mann appeal from their convictions on

counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Mann also appeals his

sentence following those convictions. We affirm the convictions but vacate

Mann’s sentence.

1. There…