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United States v. Frost

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 25, 2016
No. 15-30355 (9th Cir. Nov. 25, 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-30355

11-25-2016

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DANNY LEWIS FROST, Defendant-Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 1:15-cr-00018-SPW-1 MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana
Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding Before: LEAVY, BERZON, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

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

Danny Lewis Frost appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 120-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Frost argues that the district court erroneously determined that he was ineligible for safety valve relief because he had failed to disclose truthfully all of the information he had about the offense. We review for clear error, see United States v. Mejia-Pimental, 477 F.3d 1100, 1103 (9th Cir. 2007), and find none. After expressing an unwillingness to name his customers during his first debrief, Frost provided vague information about only three of his customers during his second debrief. Under these circumstances, the court did not clearly err in finding that Frost had not truthfully provided the government all information he had about the offense. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(5); United States v. Ferryman, 444 F.3d 1183, 1186 (9th Cir. 2006) ("We accept the lower court's findings of fact [regarding safety valve] unless we are left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.")

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Frost

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 25, 2016
No. 15-30355 (9th Cir. Nov. 25, 2016)
Case details for

United States v. Frost

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DANNY LEWIS FROST…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Nov 25, 2016

Citations

No. 15-30355 (9th Cir. Nov. 25, 2016)