United States v. John Apel

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-50003 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:10-cr-00830- JFW-1 JOHN DENNIS APEL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-50004 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:10-cr-00869- JFW-1 JOHN DENNIS APEL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-50005 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:10-cr-00831- JFW-1 JOHN DENNIS APEL, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION On Remand From The United States Supreme Court 2 UNITED STATES V. APEL Filed August 14, 2014 Before: Barry G. Silverman and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and John R. Tunheim, District Judge.* Per Curiam Opinion COUNSEL Erwin Chemerinsky, Selwyn Chu (argued) and Matthew Plunkett (argued), law students, University of California, Irvine School of Law, for Defendant-Appellant. André Birotte Jr., United States Attorney, Robert E. Dugdale and Mark R. Yohalem (argued), Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee. OPINION PER CURIAM: On February 26, 2014, the United States Supreme Court vacated our opinion at 676 F.3d 1202 and remanded the case to us for further proceedings consistent with its opinion. United States v. Apel, __ U.S. __, 134 S.Ct. 1144 (2014). In light of the Supreme Court’s decision, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. * The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation.