Hollis

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-30611 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-04-00140-HRH

ARTHUR L. HOLLIS, AMENDED

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska H. Russel Holland, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2006—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 20, 2007

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Betty B. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Schwarzer

*The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

7379 7382 UNITED STATES v. HOLLIS

COUNSEL

Matthew M. Robinson, Robinson & Brandt, P.S.C., Cincin- nati, Ohio, for the defendant-appellant.

Jo Ann Farrington, Assistant United States Attorney, Deborah M. Smith, Acting United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee. UNITED STATES v. HOLLIS 7383

OPINION

SCHWARZER, District Judge:

Arthur Hollis…