U.S. v. ALLEN

Nos. 02-30079, 02-30081, 02-30082, 02-30083, 02-30084, 02-30085.

341 F.3d 870 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sean Allen, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric Adam Dixon, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeremiah Skidmore, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Guy Potter, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ryan Flaherty, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Flom, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Kelleher, Jr., Kelleher Law Office, Billings, Montana, for defendant-appellant Sean Allen.

Wendy Holton, Helena, Montana, for defendant-appellant Eric Dixon.

Palmer A. Hoovestal, Hoovestal & Kakuk, PLLC, Helena, Montana, for defendant-appellant Ryan Flaherty.

Larry Jent, Williams & Jent, PLLP, Bozeman, Montana, for defendant-appellant Michael Flom.

Penelope S. Strong, Billings, Montana, for defendant-appellant Jason Potter.

Lynn T. Hamilton, Hamilton Law Office, Mesa, Arizona, for defendant-appellant Jeremiah Skidmore.

Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Dunsay Silver and Tovah R. Calderon, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

Before: Thomas M. Reavley, A. Wallace Tashima, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted July 7, 2003 — Seattle, Washington.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

At around 10:30 p.m. on July 29, 2000, Spring Ramirez, a Hispanic woman, Jason Clark, an African American man, and Pat Tellez, a Hispanic man, were socializing at Pioneer Park, a local park in Billings, Montana, when approximately nine white supremacists who were "patrolling" the park for racial minorities and Jews, surrounded them wielding weapons, berated...

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