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082606P.pdf 09/04/2009 United States v. Roger Waldner
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2606
U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Dubuque
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Bright, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Sentencing. District court did not err imposing a 16-
level increase under Guidelines Sec. 2B1.1(b)(1)(I) as the court properly
concluded the amount of loss exceeded $1 million; nor did the court err
in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 2B1.1(b)(9)(c) for use
of sophisticated means, Guidelines Sec. 3B1.2 for abuse of a position of
private trust or Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice; no error
in denying request for reduction for acceptance of responsibility; even
though the district court committed significant procedural error when it
purported to use certain upward departures to calculate a new advisory
guidelines range, the error did not require reversal or resentencing
because the sentence was within the properly calculated advisory
Guidelines range and was substantively reasonable; restitution order of
$1.72 million affirmed. Judge Bright, concurring.