United States v. Nicholas Gossi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 09-30202 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 1:08-CR-104-S-EJL

NICHOLAS R. GOSSI,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho William F. Downes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2010—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 15, 2010

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Alarcón COUNSEL

Robert A. Wallace, Boise, Idaho, for the defendant-appellant. 8782 UNITED STATES v. GOSSI George W. Breitsameter , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Boise, Idaho, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:

Nicholas R. Gossi appeals from a restitution order imposed pursuant to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (“MVRA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3663A, following his guilty plea to Mail Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. Gossi contends the district court failed “to use the true return date in offset- ting the value…