United States v. Olaseinda

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER O. OLASEINDA, a/k/a Christopher Oshuntoki, a/k/a Christopher Akintayo, a/k/a Christopher Olaseide, a/k/a Christopher Olatunji, a/k/a Thomas Cuda, a/k/a Abdul Kareem, a/k/a No. 97-4695 Akintayo Ajibike, a/k/a Ajibike Ade Akintayo, a/k/a Timothy Anderson, a/k/a George Bunham, a/k/a XX Olase, a/k/a Leon Rodriques, a/k/a Oluwule Oshuntoki, a/k/a Gbadegesin Adeloye, a/k/a Ajibike Akintaya, a/k/a David Johnson, a/k/a Henry Thomas, a/k/a Adetunji Ajibike, a/k/a Awosika Olubiyi, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (CR-96-47-C) Submitted: March 31, 1998 Decided: May 8, 1998 Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. _________________________________________________________________ Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL James K. Bredar, Federal Public Defender, Beth M. Farber, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appel- lant. Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Robert A. Spencer, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). _________________________________________________________________ OPINION PER CURIAM: Christopher O. Olaseinda was convicted by a jury of five counts of credit card fraud and was sentenced to a term of 30 months incarcera- tion. Olaseinda appealed his conviction and his sentence. We affirmed the conviction but vacated the sentence and remanded for resentenc- ing because the district court departed above the guideline range pur- suant to USSG § 4A1.3, p.s.* without giving Olaseinda reasonable notice. See Burns v. United States, 501 U.S. 129, 138 (1991). On remand, after the government moved for an upward departure, the dis- trict court again departed upward from criminal history category III to category IV and reimposed the same sentence. Olaseinda's attorney has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), raising one issue but indicating that, in his view, there are no meritorious issues for appeal. Olaseinda has filed a pro se supple- mental brief raising two issues. After consideration of these issues and a review of the record, we affirm. _________________________________________________________________ *U. S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (1995). 2 First, we find that the district court gave Olaseinda reasonable notice of the departure and counsel's challenge to the sentence on this ground is without merit. In his pro se supplemental brief, Olaseinda contests the enhancement for criminal livelihood. This issue was not raised in the district court at either sentencing or in the first appeal and may not be raised now. See United States v. Bell, 5 F.3d 64, 66- 67 (4th Cir. 1993) (mandate rule forecloses litigation of issues fore- gone on appeal or waived because not raised in district court). He also challenges the upward departure pursuant to USSG§ 4A1.3. A crimi- nal history category which underrepresents the defendant's past crimi- nal conduct is an encouraged basis for departure. We review for abuse of discretion the district court's determination that the criminal his- tory calculation did not adequately account for his conduct. See Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81, ___ (1996). The district court found that a departure was appropriate because Olaseinda had received very light sentences for his two prior forgery convictions (probation and ninety days in jail). Moreover, he had been deported three times and a fourth deportation order was pending--factors which were unac- counted for in his criminal history calculation. We therefore find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in departing upward from category III to category IV. In accordance with Anders, we have examined the entire record in this case and find no reversible error. We therefore affirm the convic- tion and sentence. This court requires that counsel inform her client, in writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If the client requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from represen- tation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the record and briefs, and oral argu- ment would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3