Belo-Bahena

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50013 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-01462-DMS

CARMELO BELLO-BAHENA,

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50155 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-02-03377-GT

CARMELO BELLO-BAHENA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Dana M. Sabraw and Gordon Thompson, District Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2004—Pasadena, California

Filed June 15, 2005

Before: Harry Pregerson, A. Wallace Tashima, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez COUNSEL

Ramzi G. Nasser, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defenant-appellant. 7156 UNITED STATES v. BELLO-BAHENA Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, San Diego, California; Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Appel- late Section, Criminal Division, San Diego, California; Randy K. Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego,…