United States v. William Mahan

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-30475 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 6:06-CR-60045-AA

WILLIAM JOHN MAHAN,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2009—Portland, Oregon

Filed November 16, 2009

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. Wolle,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

*The Honorable Charles R. Wolle, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Terri Wood, of Eugene, Oregon, argued the cause for the defendant-appellant and filed the briefs.

Frank R. Papagini, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, argued the cause for the appellee and filed the brief. Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, and Kelly A. Zus- man, Assistant United States Attorney for the…