UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.  No. 03-4510

GLEN MICHAEL NIEDERMEIER,

Defendant-Appellant. 

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg.

Irene M. Keeley, Chief District Judge.

(CR-02-34)

Submitted: January 14, 2004

Decided: April 8, 2004

Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

COUNSEL

Jonathan D. Fittro, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas

E. Johnston, United States Attorney, Zelda E. Wesley, Assistant

United States Attorney, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See

Local Rule 36(c). 
OPINION

PER CURIAM: 

Glen Michael Niedermeier appeals his conviction and sixty-three

month sentence imposed for two counts of possession of a firearm

after being convicted of a felony, in violation 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)

(2000). 

Niedermeier first contends that the district court erred in denying

his motion to dismiss the indictment based on his claim of preindictment delay. However, Niedermeier has not established that any

delay was intentionally designed to give the Government a tactical

advantage over him. Neither has he shown that he suffered actual

prejudice because of such delay. Accordingly, we affirm the district

court’s ruling. See United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307, 324 (1971);

United States v. Automated Med. Labs., Inc., 770 F.2d 399, 403-04

(4th Cir. 1985). 

Niedermeier also contends that the district court erred in admitting

evidence of marijuana plants found on his property because the probative value of the evidence was substantially outweighed by its prejudicial nature. A district court’s evidentiary rulings are entitled to

substantial deference and will not be reversed absent a clear abuse of

discretion. Sasaki v. Class, 92 F.3d 232, 241 (4th Cir. 1996). After a

close review of the evidence, we find no abuse of discretion. Id.

Niedermeier contends that the district court erred in increasing his

criminal history category based upon his state court conviction for

manufacturing marijuana because had the Government indicted him

in a timely fashion, he would not have been forced to plead guilty to

state charges of marijuana manufacturing prior to facing federal firearm charges. However, the Sentencing Guidelines clearly provide for

a one-point increase for Niedermeier’s state conviction. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual §§ 4A1.1, 4A1.2, comment. (n.1) (2000).

Moreover, we conclude that Niedermeier’s claim of pre-indictment

delay has no bearing on the calculation of his criminal history.

Accordingly, we conclude that the district court properly calculated

Niedermeier’s criminal history points. 

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Finally, Niedermeier contends that the court should not have

increased his criminal history score by two points for committing the

instant offense while on probation because he was not on active

supervised probation in the state of New Jersey. However, the Sentencing Guidelines provide for two additional criminal history points

if the instant offense is committed while the individual is "under any

criminal justice sentence, including probation." USSG § 4A1.1(d).

Moreover, application note four states that "active supervision is not

required for this item to apply." USSG § 4A1.1(d), comment. (n.4).

Accordingly, we conclude that the district court correctly applied

these two points to Niedermeier’s criminal history score.

Accordingly, we affirm Niedermeier’s conviction and sentence.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process. 

AFFIRMED

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