Berger

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 04-50469 v.  D.C. No.

RICHARD I. BERGER, CR-00-00994-RMT

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50530 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CR-00-00994-

RICHARD I. BERGER, RMT-

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Robert M. Takasugi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2006—Pasadena, California

Filed January 18, 2007

Before: Harry Pregerson and Edward Leavy, Circuit Judges, and Ralph R. Beistline,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Pregerson

*The Honorable Ralph R. Beistline, United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.

705 710 UNITED STATES v. BERGER

COUNSEL

Michael R. Doyen, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Ange- les, California, for the defendant-appellant-appellee.

Paul…