United States v. Williams

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 06-50599 v.  D.C. No.

DAVID DWIGHT WILLIAMS, CR-02-03171-IEG

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 06-50608 v.  D.C. No.

WILLIAM A. STEEL, CR-02-03171-IEG

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-50612 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-02-03171-IEG

TALFORD BROWN,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 8, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed November 6, 2008 15167 15168 UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS Before: William C. Canby, Jr., Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS 15171

COUNSEL

Benjamin L. Coleman, Coleman & Balogh LLP, San Diego, California, for appellant David Williams.

Michael Edmund Burke,…