Opinion
No. 15-50221
10-04-2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CRISTOBAL AMANCIO MORALES, a.k.a. Amancio Cristobal Morales-Beltran, Defendant-Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:12-cr-00964-DMG MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Cristobal Amancio Morales appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Morales contends that the district court erred in denying his request for safety-valve relief. We review for clear error, see United States v. Mejia-Pimental, 477 F.3d 1100, 1103 (9th Cir. 2007), and find none. The record supports the district court's finding that Morales did not truthfully provide the government with all of the information he had concerning the offense. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(5); U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2(a)(5). Moreover, contrary to Morales's contention, his proffer sessions did not constitute a "good faith" effort to cooperate with the government. See Mejia-Pimental, 477 F.3d at 1106 (a defendant who provides evasive answers and whose conduct was more extensive than his proffer suggests has not met the good faith standard).
AFFIRMED.