Greg Anderson leaves a federal courtroom Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in San Francisco. A judge overseeing the BALCO steroids case in has ruled against the government and says BALCO founder Victor Conte and Barry Bonds...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -OCTOBER 18: Victor Conte, founder of BALCO arrives at the Federal Courthouse for his sentencing in the Balco steroid case on October 18, 2005...

Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) vice president James Valente leaves the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, Friday, March 26, 2004. Valente and...

...California. Anderson and three others were charged with illegally distributing steroids and human growth hormones in the BALCO case. (Photo by Monica M. Davey/Getty Images

...in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation. (AP Photo...

...a hearing in the case where Anderson and three others affiliated with the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) are accused of distributing steroids

...grand jury focusing on possible tax and drug violations by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO, which supplied nutritional supplements to some of the nation's top athletes

Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) vice president James Valente leaves the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, Friday, March 26, 2004. Valente and...

NEW YORK - MAY 03: Founder and president of BALCO, Victor Conte speaks at the 'Tribeca Talks: Injecting The American Dream' panel discussion during the 2008 Tribeca...

Chronicle Reporters Asked To Reveal Source In BALCO Leaks SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 04: Patrick Arnold, a chemist who helped BALCO president Victor Conte develop the...

Kevin Ryan was the U.S. Attorney in charge of the BALCO investigation. He's now in private practice

Balco founder Victor Conte outside his office, SNAC Systems, in California

...old Ukraine sprint coach who recently agreed to a permanent coaching ban for his part in the BALCO scandal, at home in Castro Valley, Calif

BALCO's Victor Conte and Graham headed up rival sprint groups

Victor Conte -- BALCO mastermind