NO T R EC OM M EN DE D F OR F UL L- TEX T P UB LIC AT ION F ile Nam e: 08a0459n.06 F iled: August 1, 2008 No. 04-4496 UN ITED STA TES C OU RT OF AP P EA LS F OR THE SI XT H C IR CU IT
UNI TED STATES OF AMERI CA, Plaintiff-Appellee , v. MI CH AE LJ. ROB ERT S, De fe nd ant- Ap pe lla

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) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ON APPEALFROM THE U NI TED STATES DI STRI CT COURT FOR THE N O R T H E R

N D IS T R IC T O F O H IO

Be for e : D AU G HTREY , G ILM AN , a nd R OG ER S, C ir c uitJudg e s. ROGERS, Circ uit Jud ge. This case is part of a consolidated a

ppeal involving thirteen d e f e n d an ts w h o w e r e me mb e r s o f th e O u tl aw M o to r c y c le Cl u b ( “ O M C” ) , aninte rnational motorcy cle c lub with chapte rs across the country and around the world. I n 1997, the Feder al B urea u of Investig ation and state law enfor ceme nt ag encie s beg an an inve stigation into t he Gr een r eg ion of t h e O M C , w h i c hc o n s i s t s o f c h a p t e r s i nD ayt o n , O h i o ; F o rt W ayn e , In d i an a ; L o u i s v i l l e , K e n tu c ky; I ndianapolis, Indiana; and Oklahoma City , Oklahoma. As a result of the inve stigation, a g rand jury in t he No rt he rn Di str ic t of

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ne d a 40 -c ount i nd ic tme nt i n 2 00 3 ch arg ingthe de fe nd ants wi th various fe dera l offense s, including Racke teer I nfluenc ed and Corr

upt Org anizations Act (“RI CO”), drugtraff icking , and fire arms off

enses.
Un lik e many

of h is co-c on spir a tor s, de fe nd ant M ic ha e l J. Ro be rt s c ho se no t to g o to tr ia l. Rob e rt s p le d guil ty

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US A v . R ob e rts

- 2 - distribute narc otics in violation of 21 U.S.C
. § 846. I n the pl ea ag ree ment, Roberts stipulated that he conspire d to possess with intent to di stribute at least 500 g rams but less than 1.5 kilogr ams of a mix ture or subst an ce c ontaining me thamphetamine. This subjec ted Roberts to a mandatory minimum sentenc e of 120 months’ imprisonment under 21 U .S.C. § 841(b)( 1)(A)
. On Novembe r 22, 2004, Roberts was se ntence d to the statutory minimum of 120 months’ imprisonment. Roberts argues on appe al that the district cour t er red in c alculatinghis criminal history
c a te g or y and g uid e lin e s r ang e . We ne e d n ot e xplor e the dis trict c ourt ’s g uid e lin e s c a lc ulatio ns , howeve r, bec ause Rober ts was prope rly

sentenc ed t o t h e mandatory minimum pursuant to § 84 1( b) (1 )( A) . B e c a

us e Rob e rt s r e c e ived the min imum se nte nc e that th e dis tr ic t c ourt c ou ld statutorily impose based on his guilty plea, Roberts cannot r ece ive a de cre ased se ntence . Thus, any
e rr or in t he dis tr ic t c ourt ’s g uid e lin e s c a lc ulatio ns wo uld no t a ff e c t Ro be rt s’ s se nte nc e . Ro be rt s a lso argues that the district court c ommitt ed Booke r err or i n treating the guidelines as mandatory . Ag ain, beca use Roberts wa s sentence d based on the statutory minimum , application of Booke r would not result in a dec rea sed sentenc e. Cf. United States v. Joine r , 123 F. App’ x 681, 683 (6th Cir. 2005).
For the fore g oing r easons, Rober ts’s sentence is affirme d.