United States v. Dennis Evan Ingham

ORDER AMENDING OPINION AND AMENDED OPINION

ORDER

The opinion filed on February 7, 2007 and published at 476 F.3d 706 (9th Cir. 2007), is AMENDED as follows.

The first full paragraph on page 712 currently states:

In the current second sentence, after “For example,” the remainder of the sentence- — -“in United States v. Varela, we affirmed a four-point enhancement where defendant located drug suppliers, negotiated and transacted a series of drug deals, and delivered drugs to undercover officer. 993 F.2d 686, 691 (9th Cir.1993).” — is deleted. “Similarly,” from the current third sentence is also deleted and now replaces “And again” in the current fourth sentence. The paragraph as amended shall now read as follows:

No further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc will be accepted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

OPINION

Dennis Evans Ingham entered a plea of guilty on one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 848. In light of a four-point increase in the offense level for Ingham’s aggravating role as organizer/leader under section 3Bl.l(a) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“the Guidelines”), the district court imposed a 100-month sentence,…