Hovesepian

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 99-50041 v.  D.C. No.

VIKEN HOVSEPIAN; VIKEN CR-82-0917-MRP

YACOUBIAN,

Defendants-Appellees. 

VIKEN HOVSEPIAN, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nos. 99-56922  00-55320

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ALBERTO R. GONZALES,* Attorney D.C. No. General, United States Department CV-98-01001-MRP of Justice, Defendants-Appellants. 

*/**Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ash- croft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).

12233 12234 UNITED STATES v. HOVSEPIAN

VIKEN HOVSEPIAN; VIKEN 

YACOUBIAN,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, No. 01-55247 v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  D.C. No.

CV-98-01001-MRP

ALBERTO R. GONZALES,** Attorney

OPINION

General, United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.  Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Mariana R. Pfaelzer, District…