Hirokawa

*246 MEMORANDUM *

Dennis Hirokawa, Michael Furukawa, and Richard Okada appeal their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and (excluding Okada) several counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 . Appellants were convicted along with co-defendant Wesley Uemura— who has not appealed his conviction or sentence — based on their participation in a bid-rigging scheme for the award of small purchase contracts for maintenance and repair work at the Honolulu International Airport. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgments of the district court.

1. The district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the expert opinion testimony of Kenneth Goldblatt under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. With respect to qualifications, the district court was well within its discretion in finding that Goldblatt’s decades of experience in construction and estimation qualified him to give testimony on the reasonable value of nonstructural, routine or cosmetic repairs at the airport, notwithstanding the court’s concurrent determination that Goldblatt was unqualified to testify about structural repairs or other project's…