Contreras

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-50126 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  2:06-cr-00353-

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KATIE SUE CONTRERAS, Seal F La Gorda, ORDER AND Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 2, 2010*

Filed February 2, 2010

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, A. Wallace Tashima, Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Jay S. Bybee, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr. and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California; George S. Cardona, Acting United States Attor- ney, Los Angeles, California; Christine C. Ewell, Daniel B. Levin and Michael J. Stern, Assistant United States Attor-…