Maness

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-30607 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-03-00077-a-

BRET F. MANESS, RRB

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-30035 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-03-00077-a-

BRET F. MANESS, RRB

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 2, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed May 19, 2009

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Pamela A. Rymer and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion COUNSEL

Bret F. Maness (argued), Atwater, California, pro se defendant-appellant.

Nelson P. Cohen, United States Attorney, Jo Ann Farrington and Thomas C. Bradley (argued), Assistant United States Attorneys, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Bret F. Maness was convicted of firearm possession fol- lowing a jury trial and,…