Ensminger

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-30183 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  1:07-cr-00156-RFC-

TERRY ALAN ENSMINGER,

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Richard F. Cebull, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 3, 2009

Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman COUNSEL

Anthony Gallagher (argued) and Steven C. Babcock, Office of the Federal Public Defenders for the District of Montana, Billings, Montana, for defendant-appellant Terry Alan Ens- minger.

Marcia Hurd (argued), Eric B. Wolff, and William W. Mer- cer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Bil- lings, Montana, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America. 6678 UNITED STATES v. ENSMINGER

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Terry Alan Ensminger pled guilty to a single count of fail- ure to register as a sexual offender…