Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Burnell SEPT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-08-14
Citations: 695 F. App'x 262
Docket Number: No. 16-30232
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Burnell SEPT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 695
Pages: 262–263

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Burnell SEPT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-30232
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted August 9, 2017
Filed August 14, 2017
Zeno Benjamin Baucus, Leif Johnson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee
Steven C. Babcock, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, FDMT—Federal Defenders of Montana (Billings), Billings, MT, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Sept’s request for oral argument is denied.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Larry Burnell Sept, Jr., appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for transportation of a person with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Sept contends that the district court violated his due process rights by relying on unreliable hearsay evidence to find that his offense involved physical violence against the victims and by varying upward on that basis. The district court did not abuse its discretion in relying on the victims' hearsay statements regarding Sept's violence against them. See United States v. Berry, 258 F.3d 971, 976 (9th Cir. 2001). Contrary to Sept's contention, the victims' statements, which were consistent with each other and with the statement of one victim's mother and that of a third victim, were sufficiently corroborated to provide the minimum indicia of reliability necessary for consideration at sentencing. See id. at 976-77.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.