Stafford

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-30134 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-00169-RSL

MATTHEW STAFFORD,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert S. Lasnik, Chief U.S. District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 6, 2005* Seattle, Washington

Filed August 3, 2005

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., Richard C. Tallman, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Canby

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

9037 9040 UNITED STATES v. STAFFORD

COUNSEL

David B. Koch, Nielsen, Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Lang, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee. UNITED STATES v. STAFFORD 9041

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

On the afternoon of January 22, 2003, Snohomish County, Washington, Sheriff’s officers…