Spaulding

916 F.2d 717 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lovella Gean SPAULDING, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-50608. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 10, 1990. * Decided Oct. 18, 1990. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and SNEED and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lovella Gean Spaulding appeals her sentence, following conviction based on an Alford 1 guilty plea, to one count of a drug conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 (1988). Spaulding contends that the district court erred in denying her a downward adjustment of her base offense level for the acceptance of responsibility and limited role in the offense. We affirm. 3 Whether a defendant has accepted responsibility for an offense or was a minor or minimal participant in that offense are both factual determinations which are subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review. United States v. Gonzalez, 897 F.2d…