United States v. George Michael Ruelas, United States of America v. George Michael Ruelas

412 F.3d 1051 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Michael RUELAS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George Michael Ruelas, Defendant-Appellee. No. 02-50600. No. 02-50660. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 16, 2005. Beverly Reid O'Connell, Esq., Lizabeth A. Rhodes, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Joel Levine, Esq., Encino, CA, for Defendant-Appellant. Before KLEINFELD, WARDLAW, and BERZON, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 Upon remand from the United States Supreme Court, we have reconsidered this case in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. ___ , 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), and we therefore order that the memorandum disposition filed on May 5, 2004 be amended as follows: 2 Page 2, line 9: Delete the phrase "and we affirm" from the sentence beginning with "We have jurisdiction...." Add a new sentence stating, "We affirm Ruelas's conviction, and remand in accordance with United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc)". 3 Page 8, line 10: Insert a new section six, entitled "Sixth Amendment Error," followed by the following…