Alden

United States v. Alden

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265 F. App'x 552
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 24, 2008Nos. 06-10414, 06-10435California200 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Keith Terry Alden appeals from the district court’s judgments, following a limited remand pursuant to United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc), concluding that it would not have imposed a materially different sentence had it known that the Sentencing Guidelines were advisory. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Alden contends that his sentence must be reversed because the district court failed to consider the “parsimony principle,” a consideration in 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a), when it declined to order full re- *553 sentencing. This contention is not reviewable because the district court determined, on remand, that it would not have imposed a materially different sentence under an advisory Guidelines system. See United States v. Combs, 470 F.3d 1294, 1296-97 (9th Cir.2006).

Alden also contends that the district court erred by not ordering a resentencing hearing. This claim fails because there is no right to re-sentencing on a limited remand unless the district court determines it would have imposed a materially different sentence. See id. at 1297 .

AFFIRMED.

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