Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel BORDEN-BRYAN, a.k.a. Miguel Borden, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-05
Citations: 182 F. App'x 974
Docket Number: No. 05-12909; D.C. Docket No. 04-00563-CR-T-23MAP
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel BORDEN-BRYAN, a.k.a. Miguel Borden, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BARKETT, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 182
Pages: 974–975

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel BORDEN-BRYAN, a.k.a. Miguel Borden, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-12909
Non-Argument Calendar.
D.C. Docket No. 04-00563-CR-T-23MAP.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
June 5, 2006.
Scott Kalisch, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Yvette Rhodes, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BARKETT, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Miguel Borden-Bryan ("Borden") appeals his 168-month sentence for possession with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903(a), (g), 18 U.S.C. § 2, and 21 U.S.C. § 960(b)(1)(B)(ii), and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903(a), (g), (j) and 21 U.S.C. § 960(b)(1)(B)(ii).
On appeal, Borden argues that the district court treated the guidelines as mandatory, in violation of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
Borden appears to raise a pre-Booker sentencing challenge that he was sentenced pursuant to a mandatory guideline scheme. Borden, however, was sentenced in May 2005, four months after Booker was issued. WE reject Borden's argument that the district court felt that it did not have the discretion to sentence outside of the guidelines. The district court followed Booker by indicating at sentencing that it would first determine an advisory guideline range, then ask the parties to call attention to any matters under the § 3553(a) factors that should be considered in sentencing. The court later stated that it would sentence Borden pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act, to the extent that it was applicable after Booker, and 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). In short, based on the totality of the sentencing transcript, we are satisfied that the district court properly understood that the guidelines were advisory and followed the post-Booker procedures at sentencing. Thus, there is no error in the district court's treatment of the guidelines.
AFFIRMED.