Mark Lemoge v. United States

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK LEMOGE and ROXINA  No. 08-56210

LEMOGE,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v.  3:07-cv-00620-

LAB-AJB

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 4, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed December 7, 2009

Before: Harry Pregerson and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Myron H. Bright,* Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould

*The Honorable Myron H. Bright, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

David W. Baumgarten (argued), Yale & Baumgarten, LLP, San Diego, California, for appellants Mark Lemoge and Rox- ina Lemoge.

Karen P. Hewitt, United States Attorney, Southern District of California, and Melanie A. Andrews (argued), Special Assis- 15948 LEMOGE v. UNITED STATES tant United States Attorney, for appellee United States of…