Rodriguez-Preciado

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-30285 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-96-00311- ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ-PRECIADO, aka ALH-(2) Tony Rodriguez-Preciado,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2004—Portland, Oregon

Filed March 4, 2005

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Ronald M. Gould, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wallace; Partial Dissent by Judge Berzon COUNSEL

James F. Halley, Portland, Oregon, for the defendant- appellant.

Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney, and J. Russell Ratto, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Rodriguez-Preciado appeals from his conviction for various narcotics-related offenses. He argues that the district court improperly denied his pre-trial motion to suppress evidence obtained from his person, his motel room, and his vehicle, as well as statements that he made in…