Lyons

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 04-50082 v.  D.C. No.

CR-02-00319-DOC-

TIMOTHY JAMES LYONS,

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50127 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-02-00319-DOC-

GABRIEL SANCHEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.  ORDER

AMENDING

OPINION AND

AMENDED

 OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 8, 2006—Pasadena, California

Filed July 17, 2006 Amended January 11, 2007

Before: Sidney R. Thomas and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges, and Samuel P. King,* Senior Judge.

*The Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation.

273 274 UNITED STATES v. LYONS Opinion by Judge McKeown UNITED STATES v. LYONS 277

COUNSEL

John H. Weston, Weston, Garrou & DeWitt, Los Angeles, California;…