Miqbel

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-10033 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-00-00377-WBS

JAWAD MIQBEL,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, Chief Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed April 17, 2006

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and Jane A. Restani,* Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

Opinion by Judge Reinhardt

*The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge, United States Court of Interna- tional Trade, sitting by designation.

4187 4190 UNITED STATES v. MIQBEL

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, Federal Public Defender; Timothy Zindel, Assistant Federal Public Defender (argued), Sacramento, Cal- ifornia, for the defendant-appellant.

McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney; Samantha S. Spangler, Assistant U.S. Attorney (argued), Sacramento, Cali- fornia, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Jawad Miqbel appeals the sentence…