Petrosyan
United States v. Petrosyan
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
After pleading guilty to mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laun *113 dering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, Tigran Petrosyan (“Petrosyan”) appealed, contending that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit him to withdraw his guilty plea and erred in its sentence and restitution order. His co-defendant Artur Melikyan (“Melikyan”) appealed the district court’s restitution order, arguing that the court abused its discretion in holding him jointly and severally liable for the full restitution order rather than apportioning the loss among the co-defendants, and that the court was required to make specific findings of fact in issuing the restitution order. We affirm both judgments.
Petrosyan
Petrosyan failed to demonstrate a “fair and just” reason for withdrawal of his guilty plea, Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(d)(2)(B); United States v. Davis, 428 F.3d 802, 805 (9th Cir.2005), such as “newly discovered evidence, intervening circumstances, or any other reason for withdrawing the plea that did not exist when the defendant entered his plea.” United States v. Ortega-Ascanio, 376 F.3d 879, 883 (9th Cir.2004).