Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James I. RIDLEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-12
Citations: 199 F. App'x 576
Docket Number: Nos. 05-3480, 05-3627
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James I. RIDLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, Hon. FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 199
Pages: 576–577

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James I. RIDLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 05-3480, 05-3627.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 11, 2006.
Decided Oct. 12, 2006.
David H. Miller, Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, Hon. FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge.
After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
ORDER
James Ridley, along with others, robbed a bank at gunpoint and stole over $60,000. A jury found him guilty on two counts: armed robbery and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. See 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), 2113(d); 924(c). The district court sentenced Ridley on these two counts to consecutive sentences of 77 and 84 months' imprisonment and concurrent five- and three-year terms of supervised release respectively. It also ordered Ridley to pay $49,284 in restitution. Although the court's restitution order required Ridley to participate in the inmate financial responsibility program and pay any restitution remaining after his incarceration as a condition of his supervised release, it did not set a specific payment schedule in consideration of his ability to pay.
Ridley contends that the district court erred in ordering him to pay restitution without considering his ability to pay and fixing a payment schedule as required by the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996. Pub.L. No. 104-132, § 206, 110 Stat. 1214, 1234 (1996) (amending 18 U.S.C. § 3664). See United States v. Day, 418 F.3d 746, 761 (7th Cir.2005). Ridley forfeited this argument by not raising it in the district court, rendering our review for plain error only. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(b). But a district court has plainly erred when it orders restitution without fixing a payment schedule in consideration of the defendant's ability to pay, as the government concedes happened here. See United States v. Pandiello, 184 F.3d 682, 688 (7th Cir.1999). We agree. Accordingly, in case no. 05-3480 we VACATE the district court's order regarding restitution and REMAND with instructions to set a payment schedule in light of Ridley's financial circumstances. Case no. 05-3627, which we consolidated for purposes of briefing and disposition, is DISMISSED as duplicative.