Case ID: f-appx_290/html/0693-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "PER CURIAM: \n    ", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mauricio Joel IBARRA, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-51283
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Aug. 19, 2008.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Samuel L. Martinez, Waco, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Mauricio Joel Ibarra appeals his sentence following his guilty plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He argues that the district court clearly erred in finding that he was not a minor participant under U.S.S.G. § 3R1.2(b). Members of the conspiracy departed Ibarra’s apartment to engage in the methamphetamine transaction leading to Ibarra’s arrest; Ibarra’s actions during the transaction were consistent with that of a lookout; and a search of Ibarra’s apartment revealed methamphetamine, digital scales, weapons, ledgers, and $142,897 in cash. The district court’s finding that Ibarra was not a minor participant was plausible in light of the record as a whole and, thus, not clearly erroneous. See United States v. Villanueva, 408 F.3d 193, 203-04 (5th Cir.2005). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.