Morledge

MEMORANDUM **

The facts are known to the parties.

The government alleges that the district court impermissibly ignored relevant conduct when it did not consider Morledge’s alleged confession on September 27, 2002 in computing his sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We agree. We have held that, notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) requires “district courts to take the applicable Guidelines range into consideration when sentencing” and “a material error by the district court in calculating the applicable Guidelines range is grounds for resentencing.” United States v. Cantrell, 433 F.3d 1269, 1279-80 (9th Cir.2006). The district court did not consider the government’s evidence that Morledge confessed to relevant conduct involving substantial drug dealing in his September 27, 2002 interview, nor did the court adjust the Guidelines sentence on the basis of the information allegedly disclosed during Morledge’s confession. Rather, the district court ignored the evidence because it concluded that Morledge should not be held accountable for the substance of…