United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence imposed following defendant's guilty plea to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) defendant's conduct, in misrepresenting that he had submitted grant applications on the Education Department's behalf and receiving payment, falls within the plain language of U.S.S.G. section 2B1.1(b)(8)(A); and 2) thus, the district court did not abuse its discretion in applying the enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• Before:  ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, HAWKINS, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Helge Naber, Naber PC, Great Falls, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Carl E. Rostad, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.