United States v. Carter

MEMORANDUM**

Huey Jacque Carter appeals the district court’s eleven-month sentence imposed after revoking his supervised release for violating the conditions of the supervised release order. Carter contends that at the time the district court imposed its sentence, a dispute existed regarding his Criminal History Category that the district court was required to resolve under Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(i)(3)(B). Consequently, *891he claims, his sentence should be vacated and the matter remanded. As the facts are familiar to the parties, we do not repeat them here. We affirm the district court’s ruling.

We have previously found Fed. R.Crim.P. 32(i)(3)(B) violations when a district court has failed to make findings when faced with disputes affecting sentencing, including disputes concerning the presentence report. See, e.g., United States v. Thomas, 355 F.3d 1191 (9th Cir. 2004); United States v. Carter, 219 F.3d 863, 866 (9th Cir.2000); United States v. Houston, 217 F.3d 1204, 1207 (9th Cir. 2000).

In this case, none of the essential facts was controverted. Carter contends that there was a controverted matter regarding his Criminal History Category. To avoid controversy, the government agreed that Carter should be sentenced according to his own understanding of the applicable Category. By so doing, the government negated any possible controversy concerning Carter’s Criminal History Category.

This Court has held that without a “controverted matter,” a ruling by the district court is unnecessary. United States v. Maldonado, 215 F.3d 1046, 1048 (9th Cir. 2000). We therefore hold there was no violation of Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(i)(3)(B), and affirm the district court’s sentence.

AFFIRMED.

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