United States v. Lynch

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 02-30216 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-99-18-M-DWM

JOHN LANNY LYNCH,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald M. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 3, 2005* San Francisco, California

Filed February 10, 2006

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Kim McLane Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge Kleinfeld

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

Judy Clarke and Roger J. Peven , Federal Defenders of East- ern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

John A. Drennan, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Bernard F. Hubley, Assistant United States Attorney, Helena, Montana, for…