Plouffe

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-30045 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-04-00013-3-

CHRISTOPHER RAY PLOUFFE, SEH

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 9, 2005* Seattle, Washington

Filed January 18, 2006

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Jeremy S. Yellin, Havre, Montana, for defendant-appellant Christopher Ray Plouffe.

Joseph E. Thaggard, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, Montana, for plaintiff-appellee United States of Amer- ica.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Christopher Ray Plouffe…