Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 20, 1990, 87-1736 (Concepcion S. Wabol v. Victorino Villacrusis)

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

In

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands v. Atalig,

723 F.2d 682 (9th Cir.),

cert. denied,

467 U.S. 1244, 104 S.Ct. 3518, 82 L.Ed.2d 826 (1984), we held that the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury does not apply in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI or Commonwealth).