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No. 14-4215
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever III,
Chief District Judge. (5:13-cr-00249-D-1)
Submitted:
Before KEENAN
Circuit Judge.
and
DIAZ,
Circuit
Decided:
Judges,
and
DAVIS,
Senior
PER CURIAM:
Jalil
imprisonment
conspiring
Burton
and
to
ordered
pass
court
to
sentenced
pay
counterfeit
was
to
forty-two
$133,300
currency,
in
months
in
restitution
violation
for
of
18
clearly
erred
in
calculating
his
Guidelines
range, (2) his sentence was unreasonable, and (3) the district
court abused its discretion in fashioning its restitution order.
We affirm.
In
assessing
challenge
to
the
district
courts
Cir. 2010).
district court would have reached the same result even if it had
decided
the
[G]uidelines
issue[s]
the
other
way,
and
the
United States v.
district
court
erred
in
calculating
Burtons
Guidelines
The
first
the
prong
of
the
harmless
error
test
is
satisfied
by
the
district
courts
sentence
was
substantively
reasonable.
see
the
whether
sentencing
court
abused
its
discretion
in
Jimenez, 750 F.3d 370, 383 (4th Cir.) (alteration and internal
quotation marks omitted), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 305 (2014).
In
reviewing
sentencing
decision
court
to
variant
acted
impose
sentence,
reasonably
such
we
both
sentence
and
consider
with
with
whether
respect
to
its
respect
to
the
United
district
court
explicitly
referenced
the
several
Here,
3553(a)
Because
both prongs of the harmless error test have been met, we reject
Burtons
challenges
to
the
district
courts
Guidelines
3663A-3664
(2012),
the
district
court
must
order
the
3663A(a),
(c)(1)(A)(ii).
When
return
of
the
must
pay
the
greater
of
(I)
the
value
of
the
3663A(b)(1)(B).
which
restitution
may
be
ordered.
3663A.
In
criminal
conduct
conspiracy, or pattern.
purposes
of
ordering
in
the
course
3663A(a)(2).
restitution
under
of
the
scheme,
comparable
statute,
We
have
reviewed
the
record
and
conclude
that
the
order.
In
particular,
the
court
appropriately
dispense
contentions
with
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
facts
and
the
materials
legal
before
this Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED