191153P.pdf   05/29/2020  United States  v.  Mark Carter, II
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1153
                          and No:  19-1172 etc.
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Erickson and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Cases - sentence. Five defendants, members of a prostitution and 
   sex trafficking conspiracy each pleaded guilty and appeal their sentences. 
   The district court did not clearly err in applying an enhancement for 
   exerting undue influence over a minor victim or for the enhancement 
   involving the commission of a sex act or sexual contact under section 
   2G1.3(b)(4)(A). Enhancements for promoting commercial sex acts with 
   additional victims was proper as relevant conduct, as the district court 
   made the necessary factual findings to support the enhancement. The 
   district court did not commit procedural error in Carter?s and 
   Coleman?s sentences and the sentences are substantively reasonable. The 
   district court did not err in setting the base offense levels for Sarina, 
   Ronzell, and Brown at 34 because the underlying substantive offense was 18 
   U.S.C. sec. 1591(a)(1), (1)(2), and (b)(1), and we look to Guideline 
   section 2G1.1 and apply section 2X1.1.