United States Ninth Circuit

Defendants' drug convictions and sentences are affirmed where: (1) the government's application to wiretap defendants' calls satisfied the necessity requirement; (2) the district court did not err in finding that the government had not intercepted telephone calls on a line for which there was no court order; (3) the government was not required to seal call data content and it timely sealed the wiretap recordings; and (4) the government did not violate the statutory wiretap monitoring requirements of 18 U.S.C. section 2518(5).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2008
• Decided 08/04/2009
• Published 08/04/2009

Judges

• N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph T. Vodnoy of Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant, Rodrick Cardale Reed., Alissa Sawano Peterson of Irvine, CA, for defendant-appellant, Richard Darnell Johnson., Robinson D. Harley, Jr. of Santa Ana, CA, for defendant-appellant, George Williams., Shannon P. Ryan, Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee, United States of America.