Opinion
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Timothy E. Moran, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Saipan, MP, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Danilo T. Aguilar, Esq., Saipan, MP, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Alex R. Munson, Chief District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-04-00036-ARM.
Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Federal prisoner Young Ju Kwon appeals from the 63-month sentence imposed following a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Kwon contends that the district court erred by imposing a sentence without conducting a full evaluation of his "substantial assistance," and by erroneously believing that this assistance could be evaluated at a later time through a Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b) motion. We disagree. Kwon received a three-level downward departure pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines § 5K1.1 for substantial assistance. The government's § 5K1.1 motion was based upon the entirety of Kwon's assistance prior to sentencing. The district court and the government correctly noted that any post-sentencing assistance provided by Kwon could be addressed by a motion pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b). See United States v. Quach, 302 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir.2002). Accordingly, the record was complete and the district court properly imposed the sentence. See United States v. Awad, 371 F.3d 583, 590 (9th Cir.2004) ("[I]f the government elects to make a § 5K1.1 motion, the court must simply insist that the motion be based upon an evaluation of the assistance that has been rendered by the defendant up to the time of sentencing.").
AFFIRMED.