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Summary: Case: 13-13482 Date Filed: 02/06/2014 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 13-13482 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 3:13-cr-00034-RV-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -Appellee, versus JAMES E. ATIABI, Defendant -Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida _ (February 6, 2014) Before WILSON, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 13-13482 Date Filed: 02/06
Summary: Case: 13-13482 Date Filed: 02/06/2014 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 13-13482 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 3:13-cr-00034-RV-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -Appellee, versus JAMES E. ATIABI, Defendant -Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida _ (February 6, 2014) Before WILSON, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 13-13482 Date Filed: 02/06/..
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Case: 13-13482 Date Filed: 02/06/2014 Page: 1 of 3
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 13-13482
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 3:13-cr-00034-RV-2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff -Appellee,
versus
JAMES E. ATIABI,
Defendant -Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida
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(February 6, 2014)
Before WILSON, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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James Eric Atiabi appeals his sentence of 162 months of imprisonment after
pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute
pseudoephedrine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(c)(2), 846. Atiabi argues that his sentence
below the advisory guideline range is unreasonable because his criminal history
category of VI overstated his criminal history, the district court miscalculated his
base offense level, and the district court failed to give enough weight to his history
of mental health issues and fundamental problems with respect to
methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine under the Sentencing Guidelines. We
affirm.
We review the reasonableness of a sentence under a deferential standard for
abuse of discretion. United States v. Irey,
612 F.3d 1160, 1188–89 (11th Cir.
2010) (en banc). We may review whether a district court erred in concluding that
it lacked the authority to apply a downward departure, United States v. Hadaway,
998 F.2d 917, 919 (11th Cir. 1993), but we lack jurisdiction to review a refusal to
apply a downward departure, United States v. Winingear,
422 F.3d 1241, 1245
(11th Cir. 2005). We review for clear error a finding of the quantity of drugs used
to calculate a base offense level. United States v. Simpson,
228 F.3d 1294, 1298
(11th Cir. 2000). A district court may base a finding on undisputed facts contained
in the presentence investigation report. United States v. Philidor,
717 F.3d 883,
885 (11th Cir. 2013).
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Atiabi’s sentence is reasonable. To the extent that Atiabi contends that the
district court should have granted him a downward departure sua sponte, we lack
jurisdiction to review a refusal to depart downward.
Winingear, 422 F.3d at 1245.
And there is nothing in the record to suggest that the district court misunderstood
whether it had the authority to grant a departure.
Hadaway, 998 F.2d at 919. The
court also committed no clear error in calculating Atiabi’s drug quantity to
establish his base offense level. The district court relied on undisputed facts in the
presentence investigation report and Atiabi’s signed statement of facts to determine
the drug quantity.
Philidor, 717 F.3d at 885. The use of attempted purchases also
complied with guidance on relevant conduct found in the Sentencing Guidelines.
Simpson, 228 F.3d at 1298. Atiabi’s sentence is below the advisory guideline
range and well below the statutory maximum sentence. The district court did not
abuse its discretion.
AFFIRMED.
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