Campion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 87.98 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR No. 06-15410 LESS IN THE COUNTY OF MERCED; D.C. No.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH &  CV-03-06064-AWI/

GAME; KAREN ADAMS, LJO

Defendants, OPINION and

DONN RAYMOND CAMPION,

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 14, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed June 24, 2008

Before: William C. Canby, Jr. and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Stephen G. Larson,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Canby

*The Honorable Stephen G. Larson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

7277 7280 UNITED STATES v. CAMPION

COUNSEL

John Derrick, Santa Barbara, California, for the defendant- appellant.

Leslie B. Bellas (brief), Mary Gabrielle Sprague (argument), United States Department of Justice, Environment…