The Honorable John Gleeson, Unit ed States Dist rict Judge for the Eastern Dis trictof * New York, sitting by desi gnation. 09 -27 03 -cr US A v . L yn ch UNITED STA TES COU RT OF AP PEALS FO R T HE SE CO ND CI RC UI T SUMMARY ORD ER
RU L I NG S B Y S UMM AR Y OR DE R DO N OT HAV E P RECE DE NT I AL E F F E CT . C I T AT I ON T O A S UM M ARY ORDER F I LED ON O R AFTER J ANU ARY 1 , 2 0 0 7 , I S P ERM I TTED AND I S GO VERN ED BY FE DERA L RULE O F AP PE LLATE PROC EDUR E 3 2 . 1 AND TH I S COU RT’ S LOCA L RULE 3 2 . 1 . 1 . W HEN CI TI NG A SUM M ARY ORD ER I N A DO CUM ENT FI LED W I TH TH I S COU RT, A P ARTY M US T CI TE E I T HE R T HE F E DE RA L A P P ENDI X OR A N E L E CT RO NI C DA T AB AS E ( W I T H T HE N OT AT I ON “ S UM M ARY ORDE R” ) . A PA RTY CI TI NG A S UM M ARY ORDE R M US T S ERVE A COP Y OF I T ON ANY PARTY NO T REPRES ENTED BY CO UNSEL. At a stated t erm of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sec ond Circuit, hel d at the Danie l P atr ick

Mo yn ihan C ourth ou se, 50 0 P ear l S tre et, in t he Ci ty o f N ewYo rk, on

the 30 day

th of August, two thousand ten. Pr ese nt: ROBER T A. KATZ MANN,

PETER W . HALL,

Ci rcu it J ud ges, JOHN GLE ESON, *

District Judge
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________________________________________________ UNITED STA TES OF AMERICA,

Ap pe lle e , v. No . 0 9-2 70 3-c r GREGO RY LYN CH,

Defendant-Appell ant .

________________________________________________ Fo r D ef en dant- Ap pe llant: Th om as G . D ennis , F ed era l D ef en de r, D eir dre Murray, As sis tant F ed era l D ef en de r, T ho m as McCudden, Research and Writing Attorney, Hartford, CT-2-

Fo r App ell ee: Rahu l K ale ,W ill iam J. Nardi ni, As sis tant U nit ed St ate s A tto rne ys for

David B. Fe in, Un ite d S tat es Attor ne y f or t he Di str ict

of Co nn ect icut, B rid ge po rt, CT Appeal from the United States Distr ict Court for the Districtof Connecticut (Dorsey, J. ). ON CO NS ID ER

AT ION WHE RE OF , it is her eby ORDERED , ADJUDGED , and DECRE ED that th e ju dg m ent of the dis tri ct c ourt b e an d h ere byis AFFIRMED
. Defendant Gregory Lynch appeals from a judgment of conviction enter ed June 22, 2009 (Dorsey, J. ), following a guilt y plea, convict ing him of conspiring to comm it bank fraud, and
senten cin g h im

pri nc ipa llyto 4 6 m onths ’ im pri so nm ent. W e as sum e th e p art ies ’ f am ili ari ty w ith the fa cts an d p roc ed

ura l hi sto ry o f t

his cas e. On ap pe al, Lync h argu es t

hat hi s se nte nc e o f 4 6 m onths ’ im pri so nm ent is pro ced

ura lly
unrea so na

ble be cau se t

he dis tri ct c ourt m isc alc ulated his cri m ina l hi sto ry s co re b y im pro pe rly including hi s prior convi ction for breac h of the peace. He contends t hat pursuantto U.S.S.G § 4A 1. 2(c ), h is c onvic tio n f or b rea chof

the pe ace is “ sim ilar to ” th e o ff en se o f “ [d ]i so rde rly
co nd uc t or dis tur bin g th e p eac e, ” an d th

us sh ou ld n ot h av e b een

inc lud ed in t he cal cu lat ion

of his cri m ina l hi sto ry. W e n eed no t re ach the m eri ts o f L yn ch ’s argum ent, h ow ev er, be cau se e ve n if the distr ict courtdid comm it err or, that error was harmless. “Whe re w e id entif

y p roc ed ura l er ror in a senten ce, but th e re co rd i nd icates cle arl y th at ‘th e d istric t co urt

wo uld have im po sed the sam e se nte nc e’ i n anyev ent, t he err or m aybe de em ed harm les s . . . .” Un ite d S tates v . J as s , 569 F.3d 47, 68 (2d Cir. 2009) (ci ting Un ite d S tates v . Ca vera , 5 50 F. 3d

18 0, 19 7 (2 d C ir. 20 08 ) (e n b an c)) . T he dis tri ct c ourt h ere m ad e p lai n th at regardle ss of whether it i ncluded Lynch’s br each of the peace convi ction in t he calcula tion of-3-

Lync h’s cri m ina l hi sto ry, the co urt wo uld pla ce L yn chin C rim ina l H ist ory Categ ory III
. Ac co rdi ng ly, any e rro r w as h arm les s. W e have revie wed Lynch’s remaining arguments and conclude t hat they la ck merit. Accordingly, for the foregoi ng reasons, the judgment of the districtcourt is he reby AFFIRMED
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FOR THE COURT : CATHERINE O’HAGA

N W OLFE, CLE RK