United States v. Richard Alan Chandler

977 F.2d 592 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Richard Alan CHANDLER, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50605. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1992. Decided Oct. 7, 1992. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This case is before us once again following our remand for resentencing. The district court was directed on remand to provide sufficient reasons for sentencing Chandler to 120 months, a significant upward departure from the 87-month presentence report recommendation. 3 At resentencing, the district court accepted the government's argument that the recommended sentence did not "adequately reflect the seriousness of [Chandler's] past criminal conduct" and that U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 therefore authorized an upward departure. The district court agreed with the government that Chandler's criminal history--including eighteen admitted bank…