United States v. Harris Blane Shimel

983 F.2d 1080 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Harris Blane SHIMEL, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10041. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 15, 1992. * Decided Jan. 5, 1993. Before HUG, PREGERSON and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Harris Blane Shimel appeals his 188 month sentence for knowingly maintaining a place for the manufacturing of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856 . We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm. I. BACKGROUND FACTS 3 On November 16, 1989, Shimel was arrested at the Yankee Jim Ranch in Alturas, California, where he had been working as a handyman. Shimel was found inside a cabin that housed a drug laboratory used to produce methamphetamine. Federal agents seized five gallons of P2P, thirty-seven pounds of phenyl acetic acid, and various drug paraphernalia from the cabin. Additionally, a…