United States v. Gonzales

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-30007 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-02059-EFS

LUIS EMILIO GONZALES,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 20, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed November 5, 2007

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Circuit Judge, Harry Pregerson, Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Jay S. Bybee, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Ikuta.

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COUNSEL

Elizabeth A. Olsen, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee. 14592 UNITED STATES v. GONZALES Tracey Staab and Rebecca L. Pennell, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane,…