Mollison

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NICOLE VENTO MOLLISON,  No. 07-16035 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-06-00725-HDM

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee. 

RICHARD VENTO, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-16048 v.  D.C. No.

CV-06-00722-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HDM/RAM

Defendant-Appellee. 

NICOLE VENTO MOLLISON, 

Petitioner-Appellant, No. 07-16070 v.  D.C. No.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CV-06-00726-HDM

Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding

7117 7118 MOLLISON v. UNITED STATES Submitted March 11, 2009* San Francisco, California

Filed June 15, 2009

Before: Sidney R. Thomas and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Roger T. Benitez,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Thomas

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The…