Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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or posses si on w i t h i n te n tt o di st ribu t e 50 gram s orm ore of m et ham phet am i ne. Lopez ar gues t hatt he di st r i c tc our ter r ed byr ef usi ng to gr anthi m ar e duc t i o n f o ra c c e pt anc e o f

r e s po ns ibil i t y. H e m ai n t ai ns t hatt he i nf o r m at i o n i n t he pr e s e nt e nc e r e po r t( PSR ) c o nc e r ni ng hi s i nt e rvi e w w i t h t he pr o ba t i o n o f

f i c e ra m o unt e d o nl y t o as ho w i ng t hathe fai l ed t o a dm i tr e l e va nt cond u ct , an d, t h erefo re , w a s i n suff i ci en tt o show t h at he w as not entit l ed to a United States Court of App eals

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f i cer an d that t h e di st ri ctcourt erred by n otal l ow i n g h i m t o cure hi s fail ur e t o a c c e ptr e s po ns ibil i t y i n t hatm anne r . Lo pe z a s s e r t s t h att he G overnm en tagreed th at he w as enti t l ed to a redu ct i on f or acc eptan ce of r es ponsibi l i t y. H e a r gues tha t t he hear sa y e vi denc e i n t he PS R w as an i nsuf f i c i entbas i s f

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r es ponsibi l i t y. W h ile L o p e z p le a d e dg u iltya n dtr u th fu llya d m itt e dh is o ffe n s e co n d u c t in h i s fact u a l re sum e, L opez den i ed that he kn ow i n gl y com m i t t ed the of fen se of c o nvi c t i o n a nd d e ni e d hi s o f fe ns e c o nduc tdur i ng hi s i nt e rvi e w w i t h t he p r o b a tio n o ffic e r . A lth o u g h L o p e z a d m itt e din h is a ffid a v it t h a t h e h e lp e dh is co- defenda n t s c om m i tt h e of fen se and com m en t ed ab o u t t ry i n g t o m ak e easy m on ey, L opez di d n otm ak e a n y speci f i c fact u aladm i ssi on s r egard i n g h i s of fen se con d u ct. G ive n the se facts, the bu r d e n p la c ed on L op ez to de m on strate a c c e p t a n c e o f r e s p o n s ib il it y , a n dth e g r e a td e fe r e n c e g iv e n to a d is t r ic tc o u r t ’s determ i n ati on t h at a defen da n tha s n otaccept ed respon sibi l i t y, t h e di st ri ct c o u r t’s ru lin gth a t L o p e z h a d n o t a c c e p te dre s p o n s ib ilityw a s n o t c le a r ly e r r o n e o u s o rw ith o u t fo u n d a tio n . S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v. Cab rera , 2 8 8 F
. 3 d 163, 1 7 5 -7 7 (5t h C ir. 2 0 0 2 ). L opez’ s argum en tt h at hi s i n t ervi ew w i t h t h e proba t i on of f i cer am ou n t ed onl y t o afai l ure to a d m i t re l evantc onducti s i nco r r ec t ; t he PS R s how s t hat L o p e z d e n i e dk n o wi n g l yc o mm i t t i n gh i s o f fe n s e c o n d uc td u r i n gt h e i n t e rv i e w. L opez’ s asser t i on t h at th e G overnm en t sup ported h i s receivi n g a redu ct i on f or ac c e pt anc e o f

r e s po ns ibil i t y i s r e f

ut e d b y t he re c o r d. Lope z ’ s c o nt e nt i o n t hatt he d is tr ic t c o u r t im p r o p e r lyre lie du p o n h e a r s a yco n ta in e din th e P S R re g a r d in gh is in te rv ie w w ith t h e p r o b a tio n o ffic e ris a ls o w ith o u t m e r it. S ee Cab rera , 288 F. 3d at173- 74; Uni t e d St at e s v . Vi t al , 6 8 F .3d 1 1 4 , 1 2 0 (5t h C ir. 1 9 9 5 ). AF F I RMED. Case: 09-10211 Document: 00511056967 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/19/2010