Atalig

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-10511 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-05-00004-ARM

FERMINA ATALIG,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Alex R. Munson, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 8, 2007—Honolulu, Hawaii

Filed September 6, 2007

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Marsha S. Berzon, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

11733 UNITED STATES v. ATALIG 11735

COUNSEL

Timothy E. Moran, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney, Districts of Guam and the NMI, Saipan, MP, for the plaintiff-appellee.

George Anthony Long, San Jose, Saipan, MP, for the defendant-appellant.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Fermina Manglona Atalig appeals her conviction for con- spiracy to submit false claims to the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2871 & 10012 and seven counts of making

1 Section 287 provides that “[w]hoever makes or presents to any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service…