Ibrahim

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-50153 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-00-00852-CAS-

TAMER ADEL IBRAHIM,

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 3, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed April 14, 2008

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wallace COUNSEL

James W. Spertus, Los Angeles, California, and Ronald Rich- ards, Beverly Hills, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney, Christine C. Ewell, Assistant United States Attorney, and Steven R. Welk, Assistant United States Attorney, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Tamer Adel Ibrahim (Tamer) appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for return of property, which he 3900 UNITED STATES v. IBRAHIM filed pursuant to Rule 41(g) of the Federal…