Opinion ID: 604566
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Heading: Whether the District Court Correctly Refused to Impute

Text: 11 the Confidential Informant's Allegedly False Statements to the Government 12 To circumvent the rule that [t]he deliberate falsity or reckless disregard whose impeachment is permitted ... is only that of the affiant, not of any nongovernment informant, Franks, 438 U.S. at 171, Flockhart argues that the informant was an agent and instrument of the Ventura Police Department. 13 This argument is made for the first time on appeal. We decline to consider the issue. See United States v. Reyes-Alvarado, 963 F.2d 1184, 1187, 1189 (9th Cir.), amended, June 15, 1992, cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 258 (1992). 14