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United States v. Adams

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 15, 2018
No. 17-50291 (9th Cir. Jun. 15, 2018)

Opinion

No. 17-50291

06-15-2018

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARU BRAZIL ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:15-cr-00370-LAB MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Before: RAWLINSON, CLIFTON, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Charu Brazil Adams appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 66-month sentence imposed upon remand following his guilty-plea conviction for importation of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1291, and we affirm.

Adams contends that the district court erred in denying a minor role adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 by misapplying the factors listed in the commentary to the Guideline. We review the district court's factual findings for clear error and its application of the Guidelines to the facts for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Gasca-Ruiz, 852 F.3d 1167, 1170 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc). The record shows that the district court denied the minor role adjustment after considering each of the factors, see U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 cmt. n.3(C), and did not base the denial on clearly erroneous factual findings. The district court did not abuse its discretion in applying the facts of Adams' case, including Adams' decision to sign the vehicle registration paperwork and Adams' prior successful importation crossing, to the Guidelines.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Adams

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 15, 2018
No. 17-50291 (9th Cir. Jun. 15, 2018)
Case details for

United States v. Adams

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARU BRAZIL ADAMS…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 15, 2018

Citations

No. 17-50291 (9th Cir. Jun. 15, 2018)