Soltero

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-50257 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.

CR-04-00235-AHS

DEAN HARLON SOLTERO, a/k/a DEAN

HARLON RESINGER, DEAN HARLON  ORDER

AMENDING

SOCTERO, DEAN HARLOW SOCTERO,

OPINION AND

DEAN HARLOW SOLTERO and

AMENDED

“HUERO,”

OPINION

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 Amended December 12, 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.

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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,…