Rivera-Guerrero

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50493 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-02294-NAJ

ABISAI RIVERA-GUERRERO,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Napoleon A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 10, 2005—Pasadena, California

Filed October 19, 2005

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. Weiner,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Reinhardt

*The Honorable Charles R. Weiner, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Zandra L. Lopez, Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney; Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney (On the Briefs); Garrett M. Heenan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, California (Argued), for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves…