United States v. Margarita Marisa Apalategui

968 F.2d 1221 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Margarita Marisa APALATEGUI, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50511. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 10, 1992. * Decided July 15, 1992. Before FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 * Appellant challenges the district court's decision not to depart downward on grounds that appellant's criminal history Category III, while accurately calculated, allegedly over-represented the seriousness of her criminal background. "This court has no jurisdiction to review a sentencing court's refusal to depart downward as long as the court in fact exercised its discretion." United States v. Robinson, 958 F.2d 268, 272 (9th Cir.1992). The record indicates that the sentencing court here was exercising its discretion when it declined to depart. II 3 Appellant further argues that the district court also erred in failing to give…