MacIel-vasquez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-50524 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-00694-GHK

MARIO MACIEL-VASQUEZ,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California George H. King, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 7, 2006* Pasadena, California

Filed August 16, 2006

Before: Sidney R. Thomas and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Thomas

*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.

9715 9718 UNITED STATES v. MACIEL-VASQUEZ

COUNSEL

Elizabeth A. Newman, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Mario Maciel- Vasquez.

Sean K. Lokey, Assistant United States Attorney, Riverside, California, for plaintiff-appellee…