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* H o n . A . W a llac e T a sh im a , S e n io r U n ited S tate s C irc u it Ju d g e f o r th e N in th C i r cui t , s i t t i ng bydes i gnat i on.J ur i s di ct i on i s pr operpur s uantt o 18 U . S. C . § 3742. 1 2 OPI NI ON O F THE COURT

ST A PL E T O N , C i r cui tJ udge: R ich a rd C a m p b e ll ch a llen g e s h is s e n ten c e , arg u in g th a t th e D istric t C o u rt e rre d in d e n yi n g h i m a r e d u c t i o n p u r s u a n tt o U . S . S . G . § 3 E 1 . 1 f o ra c c e p t a n c e o f

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y, err ed i n i m pos i ng a four - l evel enhanc ementforpos s es s i on of chi l d por nogr aphy , and err ed i n i m pos i ng an exc es s i vel yl ong t erm of i ncar cer at i on. W e per cei ve no err orand th u s w ill a f

f ir m . I. B eca us e w e w r i t e onl yfort he part i es w ho ar e fa m i l i arw i t h t he fa ctual cont extand proced ural his t oryof the case, w e setforth o nlytho se fact s necessaryt o o ur anal y si s. A ft era s er i es of gr aphi c onl i ne conve r s at i ons w i t h “Tar a, ” w ho he thoughtw as an u n d e ra g e g irl, C a m p b e ll arr a n g e d a m e e tin g so th a t th e yc o u ld c o n su m m a te th e ir r el at i ons hi p. W hen C ampbel l arr i ved atthe hot el w her e thi s m eet i ng w as t o t ake pl ace , he w as arr es t ed byl aw enfor cementoffi cer s ; “Tar a” w as a ps eudonym forJ onathan C o o k , an F .B .I. S p e c ial A g e n t w h o in v e stig a tes c yb e r-p e d o p h iles . C a m p b e ll p led g u ilty to u sin g a c o m p u ter to e n tice a m in o r to e n g a g e in se x u a l ac tiv itya n d w a s s e n ten c e d to 12 0 m on t hs of incarcer at i on . H e no w app eal s. 13 II. A t s e n te n c in g , C a m p b e ll s o u g h t a d o w n w a rd a d ju s tm e n t p u rs u a n t to U .S .S .G . § 3E 1. 1 bas ed on hi s purpor t ed ac cept ance of r es pons i bi l i t y , even though he ar gued then ( and s t i l l ar gues now ) t hat“Tar a’ s ” entr eat i es w er e s o ent i ci ng thatthey“s erved t o i nduce h im to f in a llyste p b e y o n d th e c irc u m sc rib e d c yb e rse x b o u n d a rie s th a t h e h a d o rig in a lly s etforhi m s el f. ” ( C ampbel l B r . at18. ) T he D i s t r i ctC our tdet erm i ned thatC ampbel l – a m a n w h o re p e a ted lyc o rre sp o n d e d w ith so m e o n e h e th o u g h t w a s a m in o r, as k in g h e r to ro le- p lay sc e n a rio s lik e “ D a d d y/D a u g h ter ,” a n d th e n a ttem p ted to a rra n g e a m e e tin g w ith herfort he expr es s purpos e of e ngagi ng i n s exual act i vi t i es – w as tr y i ng t o bl ame t he s i tuat i on on t he governm ent , and thus had nottrul yacc ept ed r es pons i bi l i t y . W e fi nd no c le a r e rr o r i n th e D is tr ic t C o u rt ’s d e te rm in a tio n . E . g. , U ni t ed Stat es v. C ecc ar ani , 98 F. 3d 1 2 6 , 1 2 9 (3d C ir . 1 9 9 6 ). C ampbel l nextar gues t hatt he D i s t r i ctC our ts houl d nothave i m pos ed a f our - l evel u p w a rd a d

ju stm e n t b a se d o n h is p o ss e ss io n o f m o re th a n th re e h u n d re d im a g e s o f c h ild por nogr aphy . U . S. S. G . § 5K 2. 0. W e di s agr ee; C ampbel l es cape d pr os ecut i on “for p o ss e ss io n o f

[ th e se ] im a g e s . . . o n lyth ro u g h h is p lea a g re e m e n t, w h ich e x p licitly r ecogni zed thats uch conduc tw oul d be t aken i nt o acc ount. . . dur i ng s ent enci ng, ” and t hati s pr eci s el yw hathappene d. ( A pp. 29a ( N ovember21, 2007 M emora ndum and O r der o f th e D istric t C o u rt).) A s a re su lt, th e D istric t C o u rt p ro p e rlyc o n sid e re d th is e v id e n c e in s e n te n c in g C a m p b e ll.4

F in a lly , C a m p b e ll co n ten d s th a t h is s e n ten c e is s im p lyto o e x c e ss iv e to b e in keep i ng w i t h 1 8 U . S . C . § 3 55 3(a) . H e argues t hat he i s not a pedo ph i l e and that the ri sk of r eci di vi s m i s l ow . W hat evert he mer i t s of thi s ar gum ent , the D i s t r i ctC our tdi d not a b u s e its d is c re tio n . G al lv. U ni t ed Stat es , 1 2 8 S . C t. 5 8 6 , 5 9 1 (20 0 7 ). T h e re co rd i ndi cat es t hatt he D i s t r i ctC our tconduct ed an e xt ens i ve i nqui r yand pr ovi ded a de t ai l ed e x p lan a tio n o f

its se n ten c in g d e c isio n , a d e c isio n th a t w a s b a se d o n th e f a c ts a t it s d isp o sa l. O r in o th e r w o rd s, it m a d e g o o d u se o f its d isc re tio n to f

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it th e c ri m e . See , e. g. , Id . a t 6 0 1 -0 2 . III . T h e ju d g m e n t o f

th e D is tr ic t C o u rt w ill b e a f f ir m e d .