Gerritsen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 06-50552 JACK GERRITSEN, aka Jack D.C. No. Cerritsen; Jack Geritsen; Jack  CR-05-00466- Gerrioten; Jack Gerristen; Jack RGK-1 Gerriten; Jack Gerritens; Jack

OPINION

Cerritnes; Jack Gerritson; Pancho Villa, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 13, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed July 10, 2009

Before: Stephen S. Trott, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

8541 8544 UNITED STATES v. GERRITSEN

COUNSEL

Daniel B. Levin, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Ange- les, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Elizabeth A. Newman, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant. UNITED STATES v. GERRITSEN 8545

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Jack Gerritsen was convicted after representing himself in a federal criminal trial.…