United States v. Ronald Joshua Hoffman, Aka: Ronald J. Hoffman

35 F.3d 572 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Ronald Joshua HOFFMAN, aka: Ronald J. Hoffman, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50819. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 20, 1994. * Decided Sept. 8, 1994. 1 Before: HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, ** Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 While his appeal from judgment and sentence was pending in this court, Ronald J. Hoffman filed a third motion for new trial in the district court. The court declined to rule on the motion until after the appeal was resolved. After we affirmed, the court denied the motion. Hoffman appeals again. 4 This appeal makes substantially the same arguments as before. As we have already considered them exhaustively, we consider only the question whether a new trial is warranted because of a 1993 State Department determination which Hoffman claims undercuts the determination relied on at trial that…