Curtin

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-10632 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-04-00064-RCJ/

KEVIN ERIC CURTIN, PAL

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert C. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc October 3, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed May 24, 2007

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, and J. Clifford Wallace, Harry Pregerson, Alex Kozinski, Stephen S. Trott, Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Trott; Concurrence by Judge Kleinfeld; Concurrence by Judge McKeown; Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw

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COUNSEL

Cal J. Potter, III, Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant.

Nancy J. Koppe, Assistant United States Attorney, and Robert L. Ellman, Appellate Chief, United States…