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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Derrick Demond BRANCH, also known as Dedrick Demon Branch, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 08-60918
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    May 26, 2009.
    Susan S. Bradley, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Kevin J. Payne, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Derrick Demond Branch appeals his 180-month sentence following his guilty plea conviction for carjacking. See 18 U.S.C. § 2119. Branch argues that the district court erred by imposing a higher non-guidelines sentence based on factors already accounted for in the guidelines calculations.

The district court was not precluded from imposing a departure or variance based on factors that the Guidelines had already taken into account. See United States v. Brantley, 537 F.3d 347, 350 (5th Cir.2008); United States v. Williams, 517 F.3d 801, 810-11 (5th Cir.2008).

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under .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.