Vanderwerfhorst

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 07-30336 v.  D.C. No.

CR-06-00392-RSM

JARED VANDERWERFHORST, also known as Jared Vandewerfhorst, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 23, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 6, 2009

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Richard C. Tallman, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

10551 10554 UNITED STATES v. VANDERWERFHORST

COUNSEL

Paula Semmes Deutsch (argued), Corey Endo, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Seattle, Washington, for defendant- appellant Jared Vanderwerfhorst.

Vincent T. Lombardi (argued), Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Office of the United States Attorney, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiff- appellee United States of America.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

We are once again asked to review the sentencing proce- dure where the underlying crime itself is not at issue. Jared Vanderwerfhorst, a convicted sex offender, pled…