Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bradley Eugene RUTHERFORD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-03
Citations: 99 F. App'x 738
Docket Number: No. 02-2454
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bradley Eugene RUTHERFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 99
Pages: 738–739

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bradley Eugene RUTHERFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-2454.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
June 3, 2004.
Hagen W. Frank, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
David A. Merchant, II, Merchant & Maddaloni, Lansing, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GIBBONS, COOK, Circuit Judges, and OLIVER, District Judge.
The Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bradley Rutherford appeals the district court's decision not to apply the Sentencing Guidelines's "safety valve" provision to reduce his offense level. We affirm.
Our review de novo leads us to conclude Rutherford failed to meet his § 5C1.2(a)(3) burden to show the offense did not result in serious bodily injury to "any person." As a result of committing the offense, Rutherford experienced life-threatening injuries, including ten days he spent in a coma. Under the plain language of the Guidelines, the offense resulted in serious bodily injury to "any person." The district court concluded correctly that Rutherford could not prove his eligibility for the safety valve and we affirm that decision.