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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

_________ _______________ No. 16

- 16892 Non

- Argument Calendar

________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:15

- cr - 00073

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff

- Appellee,

versus ANTAWAN D. HUDSON, a.k.a. Twan, De fendant

- Appellant.

________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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(August 15, 2017) Case: 16-16892 Date Filed: 08/15/2017 Page: 1 of 42 Before WILSON, MARTIN , and ANDERSON , Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Antawan Hudson appeals his total 360

- month sentence after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, or coercion , in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c), and three counts of sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, or coercion , in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1591(a)

- (c). Hudson fails to show reversible error. Therefore, we affirm. On appeal, Hudson argues that the district court clearly erred by denying his request for a minor role re duction because he received less money from the sex

trafficking proceeds than his co

- conspira tor, Maurice Williams, and because he was not involved in the offense s to the same degree as Williams. At sentencing, Hudson argu ed that Williams began the conspiracy several months before he joined it and that Williams recruited him to the conspiracy. He contended that Williams was more culpable than he because Williams rented hotel rooms for the minor victims, recruited them, bought them food, paid for their nails, posted escort ads with their pictures on the Internet, told them what to say to clients, drove them to hotels, protected them, and received money from their p rostitution. Hudson also argues that the c ourt erred by failing to make sufficient factual findings , pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2.

Case: 16-16892 Date Filed: 08/15/2017 Page: 2 of 43 We review a district court’s denial of a minor role reduction for clear error. United States v. Bernal

- Benitez , 594 F.3d 1 303, 1320 (11th Cir. 2010). In United States v. Rodriguez De Varon , 175 F.3d 930 (11th Cir. 1999) (en banc), we set forth a two

- prong test for analyzing whether a defendant should receive a § 3B1.2 reduction. See Rodriguez De Varon , 175 F.3d at 934. Un der the first prong, “the district court must measure the defendant’s role against [his] relevant conduct , t hat is, the conduct for which [ he ] has been held accountable under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3.” Id . Under the second prong, the district court may conside r the defendant’s culpability as compared to other identifiable participants in the relevant conduct attributed to the defendant. Id

. at 944. The “district court is not required to make any specific findings other than the ultimate determination of the defendant’s role in the offense” and “has no duty to make any specific subsidiary factual findings.” Id at 939

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. “So long as the district court’s decision is supported by the record and the court clearly resolves any disputed factual issues, a simple s tatement of the district court’s conclusion is sufficient.” Id . at 939 (emphasis omitted); Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(i)(3)(B). T he district court did not clearly err by finding that Hudson was not entitled to a minor role reduction. First, the court’s factual findings were sufficient because there were no relevant disputed facts, and the court explicitly overruled Hudson’s objection. As to the merits of the first prong of the Rodriguez De Varon

Case: 16-16892 Date Filed: 08/15/2017 Page: 3 of 44 analysis, Hudson’s actual conduct

— the sex trafficking of minors

— was identical to the conduct for which he was held accountable under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3. Moreover , Hudson did not play a minor role in the conduct for which he was held accountable because he trafficked minor vi ctims for sex. H e actively instructed, recruited, and advertised victims

— activities that were not minor for sex trafficking because, without them, the operation would not have functioned

. Thus, Hudson’s activities demonstrate that he actually participate d in the sex trafficking of minors, and his role was not minor in that relevant conduct. As to t he second prong of the Rodriguez De Varon analysis , t he record reflects that Hudson was no less culpable than Williams in the offense conduct. Hudson and Wil liams committed similar acts with respect to the minor victims, including placing ads for their services, telling them what to do and how to handle clients, and taking the money t hey earned from prostituting. The district court judge ( who presided in Will iams’ trial ) specifically found that Hudson and Williams had “in a number of instances” been “equal partners” and that their actions had been “fairly similar.” Accordingly, the district court did not clearly err when it denied Hudson a minor role reductio n . AFFIRMED. Case: 16-16892 Date Filed: 08/15/2017 Page: 4 of 4