United States v. Matthew Scharber

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

AUG 26 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30264

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:17-cr-00013-TMB-1 v.

MATTHEW JAMES SCHARBER, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Timothy M. Burgess, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 15, 2021* Anchorage, Alaska

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Matthew Scharber appeals the district court’s order sentencing him to life in

prison after he pled guilty to: Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in violation of

U.S.C. § 1201(c); Kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) (two counts);

Carjacking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119; and Possessing, Brandishing, and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Discharging a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, in violation of

U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i)-(iii). We have…