United States v. Ray Sabbaghi AKA John Claude

91 F.3d 157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Ray SABBAGHI aka John Claude, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30160. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 12, 1996. Decided June 28, 1996. 1 Before: BROWNING and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and REA, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Defendant Ray A. Sabbaghi appeals his sentence imposed for his conviction on one count of interstate transfer of funds obtained by fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 . Sabbaghi disputes two two-point increases in his offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. §§ 3A1.1 and 3B1.3 for perpetrating a crime against a vulnerable victim and for abusing a position of trust. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm. I. 4 We will not repeat the facts here because the parties are familiar with them. 5 We review de novo the district court's interpretation of…