Case Name: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mark Phillip TILFORD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-03
Citations: 532 F. App'x 503
Docket Number: No. 11-40806
Parties: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mark Phillip TILFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 532
Pages: 503–504

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mark Phillip TILFORD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-40806
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 3, 2013.
Carmen Castillo Mitchell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Joseph R. Barroso, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Mark Phillip Tilford appeals the 125-month sentence and $100,000 restitution award imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. His contention that the Government was required to prove that his conduct was the proximate cause of the losses claimed by the victim is foreclosed. See In re Amy Unknown, 701 F.3d 749, 759 (5th Cir. 2012), petition for cert. filed (Jan. 31, 2013) (Nos. 12-8505 & 12-8561). Because the record showed that the victim suffered more than $1 million in losses, the $100,000 restitution award was an error in Tilford's favor. We affirm the award because the Government has not appealed it. See id. at 773-74 (citing Greenlaw v. United States, 554 U.S. 237, 246, 128 S.Ct. 2559, 171 L.Ed.2d 399 (2008)).
Tilford also contends that the district court erred by increasing his offense level by two levels for distribution under U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(F). The Guidelines broadly define "distribution" as "any act . related to the transfer of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor." § 2G2.2 comment, (n.l). Tilford stipulated that he "used the LimeWire peer-to-peer file sharing program to obtain his child pornography; that the program, upon installation, warns users that they will be making files available to share to other users; and that [a detective] did in fact download multiple images and/or videos of child pornography from Mr. Til-ford's computer." Because Tilford used a peer-to-peer program to obtain images of child pornography and to make the images available to others, his conduct was related to the transfer of illegal material and was therefore distribution. See § 2G2.2, comment. (n.l).
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.