Ruiz-Alonso
United States v. Ruiz-Alonso
Opinion
Opinion
Graber COUNSEL, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 03-50125 v. ALBERTO RUIZ-ALONSO, aka Alberto D.C. No.
CR-02-00591-TJH
Torrez-Ugaldo, aka Alberto
OPINION
Torrez-Ugalde, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Terry J. Hatter, Jr., District Judge, Presiding
Argued May 12, 2004; Resubmitted January 31, 2005 Pasadena, California
Filed February 11, 2005
Before: James R. Browning, Pamela Ann Rymer, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Graber COUNSEL
Nancy B. Spiegel, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Appeals Section, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff- appellant.
Jonathan D. Libby, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
In this illegal reentry case, the United States appeals the district court’s decision at sentencing to depart downward by four levels. Defendant Alberto Ruiz-Alonso seeks to dismiss the appeal because of the government’s alleged failure to demonstrate that…