Hickey

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-10004 v.  D.C. No.

CR-97-00218-

JOHN A. HICKEY, WHA-

Defendant-Appellant. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-10206 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-97-00218-

JOHN A. HICKEY, WHA-

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William H. Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 13, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed September 2, 2009

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, John T. Noonan and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown; Concurrence by Judge Reinhardt

12247 12250 UNITED STATES v. HICKEY

COUNSEL

Ezekiel E. Cortez and Erin J. Lindquist, San Diego, Califor- nia, for the appellant.

Vijay Shanker, United States Department of Justice Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for the appel- lee. UNITED STATES v. HICKEY …