Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jabar Eugene CURRENCE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-23
Citations: 181 F. App'x 462
Docket Number: No. 05-40984
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jabar Eugene CURRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 181
Pages: 462–463

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jabar Eugene CURRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-40984
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 23, 2006.
David Haskell Henderson, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Bernard John Shealy, Amy R. Blalock, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Tyler, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before SMITH, GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jabar Eugene Currenee appeals the sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to one count of assaulting a correctional officer. Finding no error, we affirm.
Currenee first complains that the district court erred in denying him an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility. We review the district court's determination under a highly-deferential standard. See United States v. Cano-Guel, 167 F.3d 900, 906 (5th Cir.1999). Given Currence's improper, disrespectful and unlawful behavior during the presentence interview with the probation officer, the district court committed no error in denying the adjustment.
Currence also argues that the district court violated his Sixth Amendment rights in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), by applying an adjustment for physical contact under U.S.S.G. § 2A2.4(b)(l), and for his status as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. As Currence was sentenced after the decision in Booker was rendered, the district court was free to make all findings relevant to sentencing by a preponderance of the evidence. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 519 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 43, 163 L.Ed.2d 76 (2005). Currence concedes that Mares is controlling, but he argues that it was incorrectly decided. We disagree and, in any event, we are bound by our precedent. See United States v. Stone, 306 F.3d 241, 243 (5th Cir.2002).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.