Caseres

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-50546 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-02-00854-JFW

JOSEPH CASERES,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 5, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed July 21, 2008

Before: Myron H. Bright,* Harry Pregerson, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Pregerson

*The Honorable Myron H. Bright, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

9169 9174 UNITED STATES v. CASERES

COUNSEL

Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender; Jonathan D. Libby, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

George S. Cardona, United States Attorney; Thomas P. O’Brien, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division; Shawn J. Nelson, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Caseres…