United States v. Afshari

412 F.3d 1071 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hossein AFSHARI, aka Hosseini Deklami; Mohammad Omidvar; Hassan Rezaie; Roya Rahmani, aka Sister Tahmineh; Navid Taj, aka Najaf Eshkoftegi; Mustafa Ahmady; Alireza Mohamad Moradi, Defendants-Appellees. American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Inc; The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Amici Curaie. No. 02-50355. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted September 9, 2003. Filed June 17, 2005. Douglas N. Letter, Yoel Tobin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Ronald L. Cheng, ULSA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Crim.Div., Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant. Stephen P. Berzon, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, San Francisco, CA, Abbe David Lowell, Sarah Loope, Chadbourne & Park LLP, Washington D.C., Sam Puathasnanon, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, Jack DiCanio, Anthony Pacheco, Proskauer Rose, LLP, Los Angeles CA, for Roya Rahmani. Richard Steingard, Los Angeles, CA, for Mustafa Ahmady. Nadine C. Hettle, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for Hossein Afshari. David R. Evans,…