Arevalo

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 02-50289 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-99-00083-DOC- MARCEL AREVALO, aka Psycho, 06 Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 9, 2005* Pasadena, California

Filed May 26, 2005

Before: Melvin Brunetti, Barry G. Silverman, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Jerry Sies, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant- appellant.

Robert E. Dugdale, Assistant United States Attorney, Terror- ism and Organized Crime Section, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Marcel Arevalo again attempts to appeal his sentence and conviction on two counts of conspiracy to distribute a con- trolled substance, 21…