Case ID: f-appx_217/html/0357-01.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. Ricardo ALANIZ, also known as Richard Alaniz, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-40021
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Feb. 13, 2007.
    
      James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
    Larry Chris lies, Rockport, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before BARKSDALE, GARZA, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Ricardo Alaniz appeals the 210-month sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He contends that the district court committed clear error by increasing his sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3Bl.l(b), based on a finding that Alaniz exercised a managerial role in a criminal activity involving five or more persons.

The district court’s determination of Alaniz’s role in the offense was plausible in light of the record as a whole, and Alaniz did not present evidence rebutting the factual findings of the presentence report (PSR). Accordingly, the district court was entitled to rely on the PSR’s factual findings showing Alaniz exercised managerial control and that the criminal activity involved five or more persons. See United States v. Caldwell, 448 F.3d 287, 290, 293 (5th Cir.2006). Alaniz has failed to show that the district court committed clear error. See id. at 290.

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.