Soltero

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 06-50257 DEAN HARLON SOLTERO, a/k/a DEAN HARLON RESINGER, DEAN HARLON  D.C. No.

CR-04-00235-AHS

SOCTERO, DEAN HARLOW SOCTERO,

OPINION

DEAN HARLOW SOLTERO and “HUERO,” Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Alicemarie H. Stotler, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed October 19, 2007

Before: THOMAS G. NELSON, Eugene E. Siler, Jr.,* and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Hawkins

*The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

14099 14102 UNITED STATES v. SOLTERO

COUNSEL

Sean K. Kennedy, Acting Federal Public Defender, Jonathan D. Libby, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia, for the defendant-appellant.

Debra Wong Yang, United States Attorney, Wayne R. Gross, Assistant United…