Locklin

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-50187 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-01359-DT

DEANDRE LAMONT LOCKLIN,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dickran M. Tevrizian, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 8, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed June 25, 2008

Before: William A. Fletcher and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Louis H. Pollak* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Louis H. Pollak

*The Honorable Louis H. Pollak, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Davina T. Chen, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Ange- les, California, for the appellant.

Anthony R. Montero and Michael J. RaphaelOffice of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee.

OPINION

POLLAK, District Judge:

Deandre Lamont Locklin appeals (a) his conviction for fail- ure to appear, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1), and (b) 7462 …