United States v. Henry Samueli

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-50417 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  8:08-cr-00156-

HENRY SAMUELI, CJC-

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 2, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed September 24, 2009

Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould

*The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation.

13785 13788 UNITED STATES v. SAMUELI

COUNSEL

Gordon A. Greenberg, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

George S. Cardona (argued) and Robb Adkins, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff- appellee.

OPINION

GOULD,…