Lopez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 07-35389 v. D.C. Nos. GABRIELE ELIZABETH LOPEZ, aka  CV-05-00084-JLQ Gabriele Elizabeth Koenig, Nee CR-02-00127-JLQ Konig, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Justin L. Quackenbush, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 8, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed July 16, 2008

Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher COUNSEL

James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney; Stephanie Whitaker (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Spo- kane, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee. 8784 UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ Beth Mary Bollinger, Spokane, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Gabriele Lopez, a.k.a. Gabriele Koenig (“Lopez”), filed a federal habeas corpus motion in the district court seeking to vacate her drug conviction…