Vega

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 07-50245 RAUL VEGA, a/k/a RAUL CAMPOS, D.C. No.

RAUL VEGA CAMPOS, ROBERTO  CR-06-00975-1-

CAMPOS, CHUBS, LIL’ CHUBS, CAS

LITTLE CHUBS, LIL’ CHUBBY, LIL

OPINION

CHUB, TRAVIESO, MIDGET, LIL’

BEAR,

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

Argued and Submitted June 2, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed September 24, 2008

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Dorothy W. Nelson and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea

13573 13576 UNITED STATES v. VEGA

COUNSEL

Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Kathryn A. Young, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, for the defendant-appellant.

Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney, Christine C. Ewell, Jeffrey A. Backhus, Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

Raul Vega appeals…