Casey

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 04-30525 v.  D.C. No.

MICHAEL DAVID CASEY, CR-03-00049-AJB

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-30016 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-00049-AJB

MICHAEL DAVID CASEY,

OPINION

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

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2005—Portland, Oregon

Filed April 10, 2006

Before: James R. Browning, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

3941 3944 UNITED STATES v. CASEY

COUNSEL

Nancy Bergeson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland, Oregon, argued the cause for the petitioner and was on the briefs.

Jennifer J. Martin, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, argued the cause for the respondent; Karin J. Immer- gut, United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, was on the briefs.

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We…