Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew David RICE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-03
Citations: 540 F. App'x 782
Docket Number: No. 12-30234
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew David RICE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 782–783

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew David RICE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-30234.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2013.
Filed Oct. 3, 2013.
Leif Johnson, Assistant U.S. USBI-Of-fice of the U.S. Attorney Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jeremy Scott Yellin, Esquire Jeremy S. Yellin, Esq., Attorney at Law Havre, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, 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
Andrew David Rice appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 108-month sentence imposed upon re-sentencing, following his jury-trial conviction for viewing child pornography, in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Rice contends that the district court violated this court's mandate when resentenc-ing him by denying him a reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, refusing to reduce his sentence due to his post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"), and directing that the child pornography videos be made part of the record on appeal. We disagree. This court's disposition did not direct the district court to make specific sentencing findings nor did it restrict what evidence the district court could consider during resentencing.
The district court did not clearly err in declining to grant an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility because Rice consistently denied the factual element of his offense that he acted knowingly. See United States v. Johal, 428 F.3d 823, 830 (9th Cir.2005) ("[T]he reduction is inappropriate where the defendant does not admit that he or she had the intent to commit the crime."). Nor do we find that the district court erred by refusing to reduce Rice's sentence in light of his PTSD. The record indicates that the district court did not proeedurally err and that Rice's within-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 356-59, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007).
Because our resolution of this appeal did not require review of the videos, we need not address Rice's contention that the district court erred by directing that they be made a part of the appellate record. The government's motion for transfer of physical exhibits is denied as moot.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.