United States v. Cynthia Ann Jessie

35 F.3d 572 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Cynthia Ann JESSIE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30466. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1994. * Decided Aug. 30, 1994. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Cynthia Ann Jessie appeals the 60-month mandatory minimum sentence required by 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (b)(1)(B)(iii) for her distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base. Jessie argues that her sentence violates: (1) the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment because the sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate to the offense; and (2) the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause because the district court could not consider her individual circumstances as a basis for downward departure. We affirm. 3 We have repeatedly considered and rejected numerous Eighth and Fifth Amendment challenges to the mandatory…