United States v. Charles Sherpinski

70 F.3d 121 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Charles SHERPINSKI, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30019. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 24, 1995. * Decided Nov. 3, 1995. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Jan. 5, 1996. Before: BEEZER, THOMPSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Charles Sherpinski appeals his conviction of abandoning personal property on federal land. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 1 BACKGROUND 3 In 1980, the United States Forest Service granted Sherpinski permission to mine and to store materials related to his mining operation on federal land. Over the course of several years he brought a great deal of material onto the site that the Service regarded as unrelated to a mining operation. For a time he also lived in a trailer on the property. 4 The Service first notified him in 1990…