United States v. Lanny W. Buehl

85 F.3d 638 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Lanny W. BUEHL, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30246. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 8, 1996. * Decided May 13, 1996. 1 Before: PREGERSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge ** . 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Defendant-Appellant Lanny W. Buehl (Buehl), pled guilty to murder in the second degree on July 19, 1994. He requested a two point reduction for acceptance of responsibility at sentencing, which the district court denied. Buehl now appeals, and claims that the two point reduction was improperly denied. We affirm. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 4 Buehl and his co-defendant (KBC), attempted to join a house party on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana, on the evening of November 28, 1992. Buehl engaged in a fight with a person attending the party, and then left the party. Subsequently, he and KBC obtained a rifle from…