A DISTR MD83 FLC FAILS TO MAKE THE ASSIGNED ALT XING RESTR AT CEDES INTXN ON FREQ WITH ZOA; CA.

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MY FO WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE WHEN WE FAILED TO MAKE THE XING RESTR AT CEDES INTXN. I WAS NOT MONITORING THE SIT CLOSELY ENOUGH DUE TO MULTIPLE DISTRS; WHICH I WILL DESCRIBE. THIS FLT WAS FROM STL-SFO. IN STL WE HAD A BELLIGERENT PAX WHO I PERSONALLY CONFRONTED. THE MAN REFUSED TO SAY THAT HE WAS WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS; AND FORCED HIS WAY ONTO THE AIRPLANE. I HAD THE POLICE COME AND REMOVE THIS MAN. DURING THE FLT; I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING THIS SIT WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS. THEN A FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT A PAX HAD BEEN SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM. THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TOP OF DSCNT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS HANDLED THIS SIT BY THEMSELVES; BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AND SUGGESTED FURTHER ACTIONS IN THE DSCNT. NOT FAR BEFORE CEDES (AT ABOUT GROAN); I CALLED OPS IN TO TELL THEM OUR ETA. WHILE I WAS DOING THIS; THE CTLR GAVE US A 350 DEG HDG FOR SPACING. THEN THE CTLR GAVE US A 210 DEG HDG TO REJOIN THE ARR. AT THE TIME THE FO'S VOR WAS ON MODESTO; I WAS ON MANTECA VOR. IT APPEARED THAT THIS HDG WAS NOT GOING TO GET US BACK ON THE ARR AS WE WERE XING THE ECA 215 DEG RADIAL. I CALLED THE CTLR AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE VECTOR. I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT THE XING ALT. THE CTLR RESPONDED THAT HE WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT; HE WANTED THE ALT. I TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE THE ALT. ATC SAID THAT IS WHY THEY HAD GIVEN US THE VECTOR; IMPLYING THAT HE HAD BEEN AWARE OF THE ALT. CTR CALLED BAY APCH AND TOLD US THAT THE ALT WAS OK. WE CROSSED CEDES AT ABOUT 12000 FT. MY FO LATER SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT NOT MAKE THE XING RESTR. SUGGESTIONS: I SHOULD HAVE MONITORED THE FLYING MORE CLOSELY. MY FO SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP AND SAID 'WE MIGHT NOT MAKE THIS RESTR.' THE CTLR COULD HAVE QUERIED US AS TO WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RESTR.