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anni ng , 704 F . 3d 584, 585 ( 9th C i r . 2012) ( pe rc ur i a m ) . T he d istrict co u rt im p o se dth e e n h an ce m en t o n th e g ro u n dth at G re yb u llp ro v id ed “a m at er i al l y f

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f i c i a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n o rp r o s e c u t i o n o f [ h e r ] o f f e n s e . ” U. S . S . G. § 3C 1. 1 c m t . n. 4( G ) . W e c onc l ude tha tthe r e c or d i s i ns uf f i c i e ntt o s upportthe e nha nc e m e nton thi s ba s i s . F i r s t , af a l s e de ni a l of

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o rth e e n h a n c e m e n t. See U .S .S .G . § 3 C 1 .1 c m t. n .2 ; U ni ted States v. B eardslee , 19 7 F . 3d 37 8, 38 9-90 (9th C i r. 19 99 ). T he re cord do es no tre fl ec t w hi c h of G r e ybul l ’ s s t a t e m e nt s , i f a ny , w e ntbe y ond ade ni a l of gui l t . S e c ond, the r e c o r dis in c o n c lu s iv e a s to w h e th e rth e in v e s tig a tio n o f G r e yb u ll’s o f

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j us t i c e e nha nc e m e nt , af a l s e s t a t e m e ntt o a n i nve s t i ga t i ng o f f ic e r“m u s t c o n s titu te an a c tu a l im p e d im e n t” ) .12- 30276 3 F orthe f or e goi ng r e a s ons , w e va c a t e the s e nt e nc e a nd r e m a nd f or r e s e n te n c in g o n a n o p e n r e c o r d . T he m a nda t e s ha l l i s s ue f orthw i th. V A C A T E D an d R E M A N D E D f or r e s e n t e n c i n g.