Ward

AMENDED MEMORANDUM **

William Ward was arrested five years after being indicted for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and filed a motion to dismiss his indictment claiming a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. We review de novo the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss based upon the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. United States v. Lam, 251 F.3d 852, 855 (9th Cir.2001). We review for clear error the district court’s factual determinations, United States v. Gregory, 322 F.3d 1157, 1160-61 (9th Cir.2003), and affirm the denial.

Ward mailed a large package of cocaine from a United States Post Office in Los Angeles County in 1999. The government failed to locate Ward after interviewing his parents and conducting limited surveillance at his last known address, his parent’s home. Ward claims he had no reason to know that there was a warrant out for his arrest and that he was living openly *692 at the same address during this period of time with his fiancée in the same neighborhood as his parents. But during the government’s search, Ward never submitted a change of address form to the Postal Service, maintained formal employment or…