Dowd

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-30062 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-03-00007-DWM

MATTHEW EVANS DOWD, OPINION AND

Defendant-Appellant.  ORDER

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 11, 2005* Seattle, Washington

Filed August 8, 2005

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, Susan P. Graber and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher

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

10165 UNITED STATES v. DOWD 10169

COUNSEL

Darla J. Mondou, Upton, Massachusetts, for the defendant- appellant.

Joshua S. Van de Wetering, Assistant United States Attorney, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Matthew Evans Dowd of violating the federal interstate domestic violence law. He argues that the jury did not have sufficient evidence that he forced or…