Opinion
No. 05-50692.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed November 20, 2007.
David A. Kettel, Esq., Becky S. Walker, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney Criminal Division, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Steven S. Lubliner, Esq., Law Offices of Steven S. Lubliner, Petaluma, CA, Lamonte Deshawn Sims, FCI Victorville II, Adelanto, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Senior District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-02-000241-TJH-3.
Before: B. FLETCHER, WARDLAW, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Lamonte Deshawn Sims appeals from the 120-month sentence imposed following this court's remand to allow the district court to exercise its discretion under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Sims contends that his sentence is unreasonable because the district court imposed an unwarranted and disparate sentence when it based his sentence on physical restraint of an individual to facilitate commission of the offense. See U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(4)(B). This disparity is unwarranted, he contends, because a codefendant who actually restrained the individual did not receive an upward adjustment on this basis. Because the record reflects that the sentencing judge explained the sentence with regard to the statutory factors and correctly applied the adjustment, we cannot conclude that the sentence is unreasonable. See United States v. Martial-Santiago, 447 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Acosta-Franco v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 309, 166 L.Ed.2d 232 (2006); United States v. Plouffe, 445 F.3d 1126, 1131-32 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 547 U.S. 1158, 126 S.Ct. 2314, 164 L.Ed.2d 832 (2006).