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ul l y c ons i de rthe a l l e ge d s truc tur a l pr obl e m s of S e nt e nc i ng G ui de l i ne s s e c t i on 2B 1. 1 i s nots upport e d by the r e c or d. O urpr e c e de nt di ct at es thatt o avo i d p roce du ra l error w hen a Ki m br ough a r g u m e n t is r a is e d , a d i stri ctco u rtn eed o n l y “ ap p reci at e i t s Ki m br ough d is c r e tio n to v a ry f r o m th e . . . G ui del i nes bas ed on a c at egori ca l po l i cydi sa gree m entw i th them . ” U ni ted Stat es v. H e nde rs on , — F . 3d — , 2011 W L 1613411, a t*8 ( 9th C i r . A pr i l 29, 2011) ( di s c us s i ng Ki m brou gh v. U ni ted Stat es , 552 U . S . 85 ( 2007) ) . H e r e , the r e i s no i nd i ca t i on thatthe di stri ctcourtdi d n otun ders t and the i m po rtof Ki m br ough , o rits au th o r ity to v a ry f

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f. H e nde rs on , 2 0 1 1 WL 1613411, a t*3, *8. I n r e g a r d to A s ie ru ’s s u b s ta n tiv e c la im , w e s e e n o b a s is f r o m w h ic h to concl ud e thatthe courttho ug hti t se l f c on stra i ned b y the G ui del i nes t o i m po se a s e n te n c e o n A s ie ru th a t it th o u g h t to b e in ap p r o p r ia te . Id . a t * 8 ( “[ D ]is tr ic t c o u rts a r e notobl i ga t e d t o va ry f r om the . . . G ui de l i ne s on pol i c y gr ounds i f the y do not h a v e , in f

a c t, ap o lic y d is a g r e e m e n t w ith th e m .” ) . T o th e c o n tr a ry , th e c o u rt in th is c a s e s ta te d s p e c if

ic a lly th a t “th e g u id e lin e r a n g e a d e q u a te ly ta k e s in to c ons i de r a t i on the s pe c i f i c f a c t s a nd c i r c um s t a nc e s of thi s c a s e , a nd the r a nge i s not grea t erthan n ec es saryt o sat i sf y the pu rposes of se nt enci ng . ”3

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u l ap p e lla te r e v ie w is s im ila r ly c o n tr a d i c t e d b y th e r e c o r d . Th e j u d g e ’ s d i s c u s s i o n o f th e v a r i o u s 1 8 U . S. C. § 3553( a ) f

a c t or s w a s both thor ough a nd e xt e ns i ve . I tm or e tha n “ s e tf orth e nough t o sat i sfy th e ap p el l at e co u rtth ath e h as co n si d ered th e p art i es' arg u m en t s an d h as a re as on ed basi s f

or exerc i si ng hi s ow n l egal deci si on m aki ng autho ri ty. ” R i ta v. U ni ted Stat es , 5 5 1 U .S . 3 3 8 , 3 5 6 ( 2 0 0 7 ) ; se e U ni ted Stat es v. Apo da ca , — F . 3 d —, 2 0 1 1 W L 1 3 6 5 7 9 4 , a t * 3 ( 9 th C ir . A p r il 1 2 , 2 0 1 1 ) . F in a lly , A s ie ru ’s s e n te n c e , w h ic h w a s a t th e lo w e n d o f th e ap p lic ab le G ui del i nes r ange, w as no tsubst ant i vel y unrea sonabl e. In addi t i on t o fi nd i ng that the “ gui de l i ne r a nge ” w a s appr opr i a t e , the di s tr i c tc ourtw e i ghe d e a c h of the nece ss ary § 35 53 (a ) f

ac t ors. T he courtcom m ent ed atl ength regardi ng the “ se vere em ot i on al and fi nanci al ef fe ct ” on the l i ves of e ac h o f the vi ct i m s and m ade c l ear th at itv iew ed D ef

en d an t’ s v io lati o n as “a v er y s er io u s o ff en se ” th at “req u ire[ d ] a co rresp o n d i n g l o n g sen t en ce so as t o p ro m o t e resp ectfo r th e l aw an d p ro v i d e j u st p u n is h m e n t.” N o th in g in A s ie ru ’s a r g u m e n t o rth e r e c o r d le a d s u s to “ad e f in ite a n d f irm c o n v ic tio n th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u rt c o m m itte d ac le a re rr o ro f ju d g m e n t in the concl usi on i tre ac hed u po n w ei gh i ng the re l evantfa ct ors. ” U ni ted Stat es v. A m ez cua-V

asqu ez , 56 7 F . 3d 10 50 , 10 55 (9th C i r. 20 09 ).4

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