United States v. Jerome Loew

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 09-30032 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  3:07-CR-00085-

JEROME JOHN LOEW, WFN

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Wm. Fremming Nielsen, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed February 2, 2010

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman COUNSEL

Greg S. Silvey, Silvey Law Office, Kuna, Idaho, for defendant-appellant Jerome John Loew.

Richard A. Friedman (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Gary G. Grindler, Deputy Assis- tant Attorney General, Criminal Division; Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; James M. Peters, United States Attorney’s Office, Boise, Idaho; Thomas E. Moss, United States Attorney, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Jerome John Loew…