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Parties Involved:
Jake Eugene Chavez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

FI LED 

United States Court of Appeals TP.nth r;,.,..,;. 

SEP 21 1989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff/Appellee, No. 88-1979 

v. 

JAKE EUGENE CHAVEZ, 

Defendant/Appellant. 

(D.C. No. CR 87-471-01) 

(D. New Mexico) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and RUSSELL, District 

Judge** 

The issue on this direct appeal is the constitutionality of 

the sentence imposed upon the appellant pursuant to the Sentencing 

Reform Act of 1984, as amended, and the Sentencing Guidelines 

promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission pursuant to 

the Act. Appellant argues that the Act and the Sentencing 

Guidelines violate his fifth amendment due process rights insofar 

as they allegedly deprive him of meaningful participation in the 

sentencing process and allegedly prevent the judge from imposing a 

sentence based on all relevant facts and circumstances. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

** Honorable David L. Russell, United States District Judge for 

the Northern District of Oklahoma, sitting by designation. 

Appellate Case: 88-1979 Document: 01019973961 Date Filed: 09/21/1989 Page: 1 
This appeal is controlled by United States v. Thomas, No. 88-

2418 (10th Cir. Sept. 5, 1989), (available on WESTLAW at 1989 WL 

100963; available on LEXIS at 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13202), which 

rejected a similar challenge to the Act and the Sentencing 

Guidelines promulgated thereunder. 

Accordingly, the judgment below, which sentenced appellant 

pursuant to the Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual, is hereby 

AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

David M. Ebel 

Circuit Judge 

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Appellate Case: 88-1979 Document: 01019973961 Date Filed: 09/21/1989 Page: 2