United States v. David Phillips

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 21 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-30291 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 9:03-cr-00037-DWM v. MEMORANDUM * DAVID PHILLIPS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding Submitted May 25, 2010 ** Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. David Phillips appeals from the 27-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for perjury/false declarations before U.S. Courts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Phillips contends that his 27-month sentence, to run consecutively to his undischarged federal sentences, is unreasonable because it punishes conduct already accounted for by his federal sentences for probation revocation and escape. The record reflects that the district court did not procedurally err and that, in light of the totality of the circumstances, the within-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007); see also United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 991-93 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc). The district court properly imposed the consecutive sentences in order to punish each separately and distinctly offensive act. See United States v. Simtob, 485 F.3d 1058, 1063 (9th Cir. 2007). AFFIRMED. 2 09-30291