Lambert

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-30060 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-06-00063-SEH

BERNARD JOHN LAMBERT, JR.,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted July 13, 2007* Seattle, Washington

Filed August 16, 2007

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Hawkins

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

9921 9924 UNITED STATES v. LAMBERT

COUNSEL

Helge Naber, Naber PC, Great Falls, Montana, for the defendant-appellant.

Carl E. Rostad, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

Bernard J. Lambert appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286, arising from his submission of, and payment for, invoices to the Fort Peck Indian…