Cortez-Rocha
United States v. Cortez-Rocha
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 03-50491 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-03-00576-TJW
JULIO CORTEZ-ROCHA, ORDER AND
Defendant-Appellant. AMENDED OPINION
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Thomas J. Whelan, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted June 8, 2004—Pasadena, California
Filed September 21, 2004 Amended January 20, 2005
Before: Stephen S. Trott, Pamela Ann Rymer, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Trott; Dissent by Judge Thomas COUNSEL
Ellis M. Johnston III, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.
Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Patrick K. O’Toole, Joseph S. Smith, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys (on brief), Patrick K. O’Toole, Assistant United States Attorney (at oral agrument), United States Attorney’s Office, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
ORDER
The Opinion filed September 21, 2004, and published at 383 F.3d 1093 (9th Cir. 2004) is…