Opinion
No. 10-3016.
The appellee was not served with process in the district court and is not participating in this appeal. After examining the appellant's brief and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f).
Decided March 17, 2011.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division. No. 07 OR 50036. Frederick J. Kapala, Judge.
Mark T. Karner, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Richard H. Parsons, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellant.
Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge, JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Order
The sentence imposed following our remand of December 30, 2009, exceeds the Guideline range calculated by the district judge. Reiving on 18 U.S.C. § 3742(g)(2), defendant contends that the sentence therefore is invalid. In Pepper v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 1229, 1243-46, 179 L.Ed.2d 196 (2011), the Supreme Court concluded that § 3742(g)(2) violates the Constitution by setting limits on district judges' sentencing discretion in the absence of findings made by a jury (or the judge in a bench trial), or a defendant's waiver of his rights under the sixth amendment. This statute therefore is not a basis to upset the sentence that the district judge concluded is appropriate here. Because defendant does not contend that his sentence is unreasonable, apart from his reliance on § 3742(g)(2), the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.