041995P.pdf   05/02/2005  USA  v.  Arend Mathijssen
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1995
   District of Nebraska   
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. The unreasonableness standard 
   articulated in Booker applies only to the district court's determination of 
   the appropriate ultimate sentence to impose based on all the factors set 
   forth in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(a), not to the district court's interpretation 
   of the meaning and applicability of the guidelines themselves; here, because 
   defendant has alleged only that the district court improperly applied the 
   guidelines, and has not raised any general challenge to his sentence based 
   on the Supreme Court's recent decisions, the court would apply de novo 
   review and would not reach the issue of reasonableness; the district court 
   did not err in imposing an enhancement for possession of a dangerous 
   weapon in connection with the drug offense; nor did the court err when it 
   increased defendant's sentence based on its finding that he was a career 
   offender. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Magill and Colloton, Circuit Judges]