In re Vasquez-Ramirez

443 F.3d 692 In re Alvaro VASQUEZ-RAMIREZ, Alvaro Vasquez-Ramirez, Petitioner, v. United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Respondent, United States of America, Real Party in Interest. No. 04-75715. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 18, 2005. Filed April 6, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Steven F. Hubachek, Chase Scolnick and Lori B. Schoenberg, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the petitioner. Michael J. Dowd, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA, for the respondent. Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney; Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; and David P. Curnow, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the United States, real party in interest. Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-04-01037-LAB. Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., ALEX KOZINSKI and EUGENE E. SILER, JR., * Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. 1 We consider whether a district judge may reject a…