United States v. Cortez-Arias

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-10184 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-03-00192- JOSE EMILIO CORTEZ-ARIAS,  HDM/VPC Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND AMENDED  OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted December 9, 2004—San Francisco, California Filed April 18, 2005 Amended July 14, 2005 Second Amendment September 30, 2005 Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges. Opinion by…