Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Michelle ALFARO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-27
Citations: 397 F. App'x 328
Docket Number: No. 09-50361
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Michelle ALFARO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 397
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica Michelle ALFARO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-50361.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
Filed Sept. 27, 2010.
Randy K. Jones, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gregory Thomas Murphy, Esquire, Trial, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jessica Michelle Alfaro appeals from the 21-month sentence imposed following her guilty-plea conviction for importation of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and 960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Alfaro contends the district court procedurally erred by misconstruing the acceptance of responsibility guideline. In particular, she contends the district court erred by adopting the probation officer's erroneous conclusion that Alfaro did not qualify for a downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility because she had been arrested while on bond for check fraud. This contention fails because the district court did not rely on Alfaro's arrest to deny acceptance of responsibility.
Alfaro further contends the district court procedurally erred by 1) sentencing her based on a clearly erroneous finding that she attempted to abscond; 2) violating Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by both sustaining her objection to the probation officer's account of her arrest while on bond and using that analysis to increase her sentence; and 3) failing to adequately explain the sentence imposed. These contentions are not supported by the record.
Finally, Alfaro contends her sentence is substantively unreasonable. The sentence imposed is substantively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007); United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992-93 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.