Dang

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-17529 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CV-01-01514-WBS/

THI MARILYN DANG, DAD

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed May 24, 2007

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, A. Wallace Tashima, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thomas

6177 6180 UNITED STATES v. DANG

COUNSEL

James P. Mayo, Segal & Kirby, Sacramento, California, for the appellant. UNITED STATES v. DANG 6181 Peter D. Keisler, Barry J. Pettinato, and Patricia M. Corrales- Talleda, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question, among others, as to the constitutionality and validity of the Department of Homeland Security’s regulation pertaining to assessment…