Mayer

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 06-50481 v.  D.C. No.

CR-05-00343-JTM

DAVID CARY MAYER, aka David Cory Mayer, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jeffrey T. Miller, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed June 6, 2007

Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Hall

6807 6810 UNITED STATES v. MAYER

COUNSEL

Benjamin L. Coleman, San Diego, California, for the appel- lant.

Anne Kristina Perry, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the appellee. UNITED STATES v. MAYER 6811

OPINION

HALL, Senior Circuit Judge:

David Cary Mayer (Mayer) appeals his conviction for travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b). He argues that the district court should have dismissed the charges against him because the investigation that led to his arrest…