United States v. Dale Ernest Denoyer

29 F.3d 635 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dale Ernest DENOYER, Defendant-Appellant No. 93-50713. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 1994. Decided July 21, 1994. 1 Before: REINHARDT and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Dale Denoyer, an inmate in the United States Penitentiary at Lompoc, California, appeals his conviction for possession of a knife in a correctional facility. See 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1971 . Denoyer raises several challenges to his conviction. Because we find no reversible error in the district court's rulings, we affirm. I. 4 Denoyer argues that the district court erred in refusing to suppress two of his statements: (1) his statement in the prison business office that he possessed the knife because he "just wanted to have it"; and (2) his statement two days later to an FBI agent that he was "not going to kill anybody…