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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Augustin Mercado MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-50626.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 6, 2004.
    
    Decided Dec. 9, 2004.
    Jolie F. Zimmerman, Esq., Beong-Soo Kim, AUSA, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Law Offices of Richard D. Rome, Van Nuys, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Augustin Mercado Martinez appeals the 151-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742, and we affirm.

Martinez contends that the district court erred by denying his request for a two-level downward adjustment for minor role. We disagree. The district court did not clearly err, because Martinez failed to carry his burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he was “substantially less culpable than the average participant” in the offense. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2, cmt. n. 3 (2002); United States v. Davis, 36 F.3d 1424, 1436-37 (9th Cir.1994).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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