Allen

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Willie Allen asserts that the district court erred in determining that the government did not engage in sentencing entrapment when it made multiple drug purchases from him, thereby increasing his sentence. We find that the district court did not err and now affirm.

“Sentencing entrapment or ‘sentence factor manipulation’ occurs when ‘a defendant, although predisposed to commit a minor or lesser offense, is entrapped in committing a greater offense subject to greater punishment.’ ” United States v. Staufer, 38 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir.1994) (quoting United States v. Stuart, 923 F.2d 607, 614 (8th Cir.1991)). Criminal defendants bear the burden of proving that they were predisposed only to commit a lesser crime. United States v. Ramirez-Rangel, 103 F.3d 1501, 1508 (9th Cir.1997). In the instant case, appellant never argues, much less proves, that he was not predisposed to sell the quantity of drugs for which he was convicted. This, alone, is sufficient to defeat his claim.

Appellant argues only that the government intended to increase his sentence by making multiple drug purchases instead of immediately arresting him. However, the government maintains, and…