The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Berryhill, 872 F.2d 431 (9th Cir. 1989):
1 Appellant challenged the district court's failure to hold an evidentiary hearing before denying this motion in his reply brief. Because he did not properly raise this contention in his opening brief, we need not examine it. Golden v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n, 786 F.2d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1986).
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