United States v. Alfonso Luis Garza

976 F.2d 738 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Alfonso Luis GARZA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50757. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 15, 1992. * Decided Sept. 22, 1992. Before GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Alfonso Luis Garza appeals his sentence of 41 months under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines), imposed following entry of a guilty plea, for manufacturing 26,000 counterfeit twenty-dollar Federal Reserve notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 471 (Count I), and manufacturing approximately 40,000 counterfeit alien registration cards in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546 (a) (Count V). Garza contends that the district court erred by departing upward by two levels from his adjusted offense level of 16 due to the scope of his counterfeit operation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 We use…