Lyons
United States v. Lyons
Opinion
Opinion
Gould, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 04-50157 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D.C. No.
CR-03-00700-JTM
O. STEPHEN LYONS,
OPINION
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jeffrey T. Miller, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 8, 2006* Pasadena, California
Filed July 19, 2006
Before: Robert R. Beezer, Thomas G. Nelson, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Gould
*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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COUNSEL
John Lanahan, San Diego, California, for the defendant- appellant.
Melanie K. Pierson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, Cali- fornia, for the plaintiff-appellee United States of America.
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Stephen Lyons appeals his conviction and sentence, imposed by the district court upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm…