Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonald HICKS, Eli Davis, Jr., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1981-09-08
Citations: 657 F.2d 244
Docket Number: No. 78-2534
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonald HICKS, Eli Davis, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 657
Pages: 244–246

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonald HICKS, Eli Davis, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 78-2534.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1979.
Decided Sept. 8, 1981.
Dale Danneman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for plaintiff-appellant; William F. Woods, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.
J. Douglas McVay, David M. Ochoa, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees.
Honorable Francis C. Whelan, United States District Judge, Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER
Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.
The Supreme Court has vacated and remanded our initial disposition of this case, 625 F.2d 216 (9th Cir. 1980), vacated, — U.S. —, 101 S.Ct. 1752, 68 L.Ed.2d 233 (1981), in light of its decision in Michael M. v. Superior Court, 450 U.S. 464, 101 S.Ct. 1200, 67 L.Ed.2d 437 (1981). Since then, another panel of this court has held that 18 U.S.C. § 2032, the statute involved in the case before us, does not deny equal protection of the law. United States v. Sangrey, 648 F.2d 597 (9th Cir. 1981). Therefore, we reverse the dismissal of the indictment against Hicks and Davis, and remand for further proceedings.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.