NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 27 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-30164
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:14-cr-00186-BR-1
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ROGER M. POLLOCK,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Oregon
Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted October 6, 2017
Portland, Oregon
Before: PAEZ and BEA, Circuit Judges, and ANELLO,** District Judge.
Roger M. Pollock appeals the eighteen-month sentence imposed following
his guilty plea conviction for making a false statement to a federally insured bank,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742. We review the district court’s identification of the
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The Honorable Michael M. Anello, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.
correct legal standard under the Sentencing Guidelines de novo, its application of
the Guidelines for abuse of discretion, and its factual findings, including the
calculation of loss, for clear error. United States v. Gasca-Ruiz, 852 F.3d 1167,
1170 (9th Cir. 2017); United States v. Tulaner, 512 F.3d 576, 578 (9th Cir. 2008).
We conclude that the district court did not clearly err when it increased Pollock’s
Base Offense Level by fourteen levels based on the calculation of loss under
Section 2B1.1(b)(1) of the Sentencing Guidelines, and therefore we affirm.
Pollock argues that the district court erred in finding that it could not
reasonably estimate the actual loss suffered by the bank as a result of his offense.
Pursuant to the commentary to Section 2B1.1 of the Guidelines, “actual loss” is
“the reasonably foreseeable pecuniary harm that resulted from the offense.”
U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1 cmt. n.3(A)(i). The sentencing court must credit the fair market
value of pledged collateral against actual loss. See id. at cmt. n.(3)(E)(ii). The
district court did not err in finding that it could not reasonably determine the fair
market value of the pledged collateral based on the facts in the record, and likewise
did not err in concluding that it could not reasonably estimate actual loss. See id.
at cmt. n.3(C) (citing 18 U.S.C. § 3742(e) and (f)).
Pollock further contends that the district court erred in calculating intended
loss as the $674,000 in diverted loan proceeds. The commentary to the Guidelines
defines “intended loss” as “the pecuniary harm that the defendant purposely sought
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to inflict.” U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1 cmt. n.3(A)(ii). The record reflects that the district
court conducted the required inquiry regarding Pollock’s subjective intent,
considered evidence regarding Pollock’s intended disposition of the pledged
collateral, and did not err in declining to credit the fair market value of the pledged
collateral against intended loss. See United States v. McCormac, 309 F.3d 623,
628 (9th Cir. 2002).
Finally, Pollock argues that the district court erred in finding that the
$674,000 in diverted loan proceeds constituted Pollock’s gain from the offense,
and erred in using gain as an alternative measure of intended loss. Because the
district court did not err in calculating intended loss, we do not need to determine
whether it correctly found in the alternative that the $674,000 in diverted loan
proceeds also constituted Pollock’s gain.
Accordingly, we AFFIRM.
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