United States v. Terral Toole

MEMORANDUM

Terral Toole appeals his sentence following a guilty plea to several counts of wire fraud and money laundering, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 , 1957, 2. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

In calculating the Sentencing Guidelines range, a victim’s “loss” under U.S.S.G. § 2Bl.l(b)(l) is reduced by “the amount the victim has recovered at the time of sentencing from disposition of the collateral” when, as here, there is collateral pledged by the defendant. U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1 cmt. n. 3(E)(ii). Construing similar language, we have held that the loss should be offset by the “actual sale proceeds” the lender “has recovered.” United States v. Davoudi, 172 F.3d 1130, 1135 (9th Cir.1999).

The district court appropriately determined the amount of loss based on the actual sale prices of the collateral proper ties to third parties as opposed to the prices listed on the trustee’s deeds. There was evidence in the record that the lenders did not recover any proceeds in conjunction with the trustee’s deeds, and that they only recovered “actual sale proceeds” upon the sale of the properties to third parties. See Davoudi, 172 F.3d at 1135…