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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 16-14782

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 8:15-cr-00425-CEH-MAP-4

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

THOMAS KOHLER, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Florida

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(June 12, 2017)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JULIE CARNES and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Thomas Kohler appeals his sentence of 151 months of imprisonment for 

conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of 

methamphetamine. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), (b)(1)(A)(viii). Kohler challenges the 

finding that he was responsible for more than 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine 

ice, which is defined as a mixture containing methamphetamine of at least 80 

percent purity, United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2D1.1 n.(C) to Drug 

Quantity Table (2015). Kohler also argues that his sentence is substantively 

unreasonable. We affirm.

The government argues that Kohler invited any error in the calculation of the 

quantity of drugs involved in his offense, but we disagree. A party invites error by 

inducing or agreeing to a decision that it later challenges as error. United States v. 

Love, 449 F.3d 1154, 1157 (11th Cir. 2006). Kohler acknowledged that the 

government correctly appraised the street value of methamphetamine ice, but he

contested determining the quantity of the drug based on its price.

The district court did not clearly err in attributing to Kohler more than 1.5 

kilograms of methamphetamine ice. Kohler delivered to a known coconspirator a 

backpack containing a lunchbox filled with $45,000 in cash. The district court 

reasonably inferred that the cash constituted drug proceeds based on Kohler’s role 

as a courier and a telephone conversation recorded by the jail in which the manager

of the conspiracy, Isaias Villa, discussed the contents of the backpack with Kohler. 

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See United States v. Chavez, 584 F.3d 1354, 1366–67 (11th Cir. 2009). And Kohler 

did not object during sentencing when a witness for the government referred to the 

cash as drug proceeds. See United States v. Wise, 881 F.2d 970, 973 (11th Cir. 

1989). Based on the undisputed conversion value of $20,000 per kilogram, the 

district court was entitled to find that the drug proceeds represented the sale of 

about 2 kilograms of methamphetamine ice. See Chavez, 584 F.3d at 1367.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Kohler to 151 

months of imprisonment. Kohler’s presentence investigation report provided an 

offense level of 36, but the district court reduced his offense level by three levels to 

adjust for his mitigating role, see U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(a)(5), and an additional two 

levels for his minor role, see id. § 3B1.2(b), which resulted in an advisory 

guideline range of 151 to 188 months of imprisonment. The district court 

reasonably determined that a sentence at the low end of Kohler’s advisory 

guideline range was required to “account[] for [his] personal history and 

characteristics including [his] involvement” in the conspiracy. See 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3553. 

Kohler complains about a disparity between his sentence and the lesser 

sentences received by his coconspirators, but Kohler was not similarly situated to 

those coconspirators. See United States v. Spoerke, 568 F.3d 1236, 1252 (11th Cir.

2009). As the district court stated, Kohler had a higher criminal history score, had 

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“been incarcerated before . . . several times,” had “violated probation and 

community control,” and had decided to go to trial instead of pleading guilty and 

testifying for the government. Kohler’s sentence is reasonable. 

We AFFIRM Kohler’s sentence.

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