Ruiz

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-30516 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-00210-AJB

ABEL IKE RUIZ,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 16, 2005—Portland, Oregon

Filed November 7, 2005

Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

15189 UNITED STATES v. RUIZ 15191

COUNSEL

Matthew McHenry, Portland, Oregon, for defendant-appellant Abel Ike Ruiz. 15192 UNITED STATES v. RUIZ Stephen F. Peifer, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Abel Ike Ruiz pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Pursuant to his conditional plea agreement, Ruiz challenges the district court’s denial, after hearing, of his motion to suppress evi- dence found in a trailer home. He argues that the district court erred in…