Staten

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-30055 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-04-00039-SEH

SUE ELLEN STATEN,  ORDER

Defendant-Appellant. AMENDING

OPINION AND

AMENDED

 OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2005—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 7, 2006 Amended August 31, 2006

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

*The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

June Lord, Great Falls, Montana, for defendant-appellant Sue Ellen Staten. UNITED STATES v. STATEN 10513 William W. Mercer, United States Attorney, and Joseph E. Thaggard, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Great Falls, Montana, for…