United States v. Bobby Joe Hulett

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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Bobby Joe HULETT, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-10680. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 18, 1994. * Decided July 20, 1994. Before: FARRIS, KOZINSKI, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Bobby Joe Hulett appeals his conviction following entry of a conditional guilty plea to possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5861 (d). Hulett contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and affirm. 3 * Background 4 On August 1, 1992, Park Service Ranger Robert Carnes stopped Hulett for "tailgating" in the Lake Mead National Resource Area. Although Carnes told Hulett to stay in the truck, he exited and started walking toward Carnes. While Carnes talked to Hulett near the rear of Hulett's pickup truck, Ranger Thomas Valenta arrived and went to…