United States v. Marshall Richmond

FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 05 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 08-30283 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:03-cr-00370-GMK District of Oregon, v. Portland MARSHALL CHARLES RICHMOND, ORDER Defendant - Appellant. Before: SILVERMAN, RAWLINSON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. The memorandum disposition filed on October 2, 2009 is withdrawn, and the mandate is recalled. A new memorandum disposition has been filed concurrently with this order. No further filings shall be accepted, and the mandate shall be issued forthwith. D AT /Research FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 05 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 08-30283 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:03-cr-00370-GMK v. MEMORANDUM * MARSHALL CHARLES RICHMOND, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Garr M. King, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 14, 2009** Before: SILVERMAN, RAWLINSON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. Marshall Charles Richmond appeals from the district court's order granting in part his motion for a reduction in sentence under 18 U.S.C. y 3582 based on the * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). D AT /Research retroactive amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines that reduces penalties for cracµ cocaine offenses. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. y 1291, and we affirm. Richmond contends that the district court erred by not affording him allocution prior to its resentencing determination. This contention lacµs merit. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 43(b); see also Boardman v. Estelle, 957 F.2d 1523, 1530 (9th Cir. 1992). The district court also did not abuse its discretion in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing. See United States v. Leonti, 326 F.3d 1111, 1116 (9th Cir. 2003). Richmond further contends that the court abused its discretion in not imposing a lower sentence, and that the court failed to sufficiently explain its reasoning. These arguments are belied by the record. See United States v. Colson, 573 F.3d 915, 916 (9th Cir. 2009) (order). We decline to reach Richmond's additional conclusory contentions because they are beyond the scope of our review of a y 3582 proceeding. See United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 673 (9th Cir. 2009). Richmond's motion to striµe the correspondence received on June 23, 2009, is granted. AFFIRMED. D AT/Research 2 08-30283