United States v. Cornella Berger

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 08-50415 v. D.C. No.

RICHARD I. BERGER,

Defendant,  2:00-cr-00994-

RMT-

v.

OPINION

CORNELLA BERGER,

Third-Party Movant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Robert M. Takasugi, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 1, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed July 31, 2009

Before: William A. Fletcher, Richard R. Clifton, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

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COUNSEL

Jenny O. Blake, Chicago, Illinois, for third-party movant- appellant Cornella Berger.

Leon W. Seidman and Brent A. Whittlesey, Assistant United States Attorneys, United States Attorneys Office for the Cen- tral District of California, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America. 10026 UNITED STATES v. BERGER

OPINION

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, Third-Party Movant-Appellant Cornella Ber- ger (Cornella) contends that the district court…