Perdomo-Espana

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-50232 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-06-00711-

JUAN DONALDO PERDOMO-ESPANA, MLH-

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Marilyn L. Huff, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 5, 2008* Pasadena, California

Filed April 14, 2008

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

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

3883 3886 UNITED STATES v. PERDOMO-ESPANA

COUNSEL

Elizabeth A. Missakian, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Karen P. Hewitt, United States Attorney, Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, and Steven De Salvo, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Juan Perdomo-Espana (“Perdomo”) appeals his jury con-…