Garcia-Villalba

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-30506 

D.C. CR-04-00301-

v. 012-MJP

ARMANDO GARCIA-VILLALBA, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 6, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed November 2, 2009

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

14745 UNITED STATES v. GARCIA-VILLALBA 14749

COUNSEL

Brooks Holland, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spo- kane, Washington, argued the cause for the defendant- appellant and filed the briefs.

Michael S. Morgan, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, Washington, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellee and filed the brief. Jeffrey C. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on the brief.

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We venture into the world of organized crime to evaluate the legality of a wiretap and a search of a stash house for ille-…