United States v. Miguel Moriel-Luna

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-50124 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  8:04-cr-00168- MIGUEL MORIEL-LUNA, Miguel JVS-1 Sillas Moriel,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 31, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed October 29, 2009

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges, and Owen M. Panner, District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Gould

*The Honorable Owen M. Panner, Senior District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Jonathan D. Libby (argued), Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. UNITED STATES v. MORIEL-LUNA 14627 Douglas F. McCormick (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Santa Ana, California, and Michael J. Raphael, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the defen- dant-appellant.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Miguel…