95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9376, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 16,355 United States of America v. Anthony C. Sarno and Charles W. Knapp, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Joseph v. Nash

73 F.3d 1470 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9376 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 16,355 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony C. SARNO and Charles W. Knapp, Defendants-Appellants. (Two Cases). UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph V. NASH, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-50859, 93-50860, 94-50010, 95-50270 and 50271. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 5, 1995. * Sept. 22, 1995. ** Filed Dec. 11, 1995. Donald M. Re, Los Angeles, California (argued); John J. Bartko, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, California (argued); Joseph V. Nash, pro se, North Las Vegas, Nevada (on the briefs), for defendants-appellants. Carolyn J. Kubota and David Schindler, Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before McKAY, *** REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. OPINION McKAY, Circuit Judge: 1 These appeals recount a sadly familiar tale from the Eighties: the financial looting of a federally-insured lending institution by would-be robber barons. 1 The following facts are those which the jury…