United States v. Antwan E. Brown

73 F.3d 370 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Antwan E. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30129. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 19, 1995. * Decided Dec. 29, 1995. Before: SNEED, TROTT, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Antwan Brown appeals his sentence following the entry of a guilty plea to maintaining a place for drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 856 , receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922 (k), and receipt of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922 (g). Brown asserts that: (1) the district court erred by failing to depart downward based on alleged sentencing entrapment; and (2) U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1 violates the Equal Protection Clause. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we affirm. 3 Brown argues that he was entrapped by the government…