Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronnie JAMES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-24
Citations: 106 F. App'x 752
Docket Number: No. 03-1660
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronnie JAMES, Defendant-Appellant,
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 106
Pages: 752–753

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronnie JAMES, Defendant-Appellant,
No. 03-1660.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Aug. 24, 2004.
Robert J. Sullivan, Jr., Westport, CT, for Appellant.
James Finnerty, Assistant United States Attorney (William J. Nardini, Assistant United States Attorney), Kevin J. O’Con-nor, United States Attorney, on the brief, United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, Bridgeport, CT, for Appellee, of counsel.
PRESENT: CABRANES, STRAUB and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Defendant Ronnie James, who pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, appeals only with regard to the sentence imposed by the District Court. His sole claim on appeal is that he is entitled to a downward departure pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines § 5K1.1, notwithstanding the absence of a Government motion for such a departure.
Having reviewed the record and considered the arguments of the parties, we conclude that, in the circumstances presented here, there was no error in the decision of the District Court to deny defendant's application for a U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 downward departure. A district court's review of a Government's decision to not file a U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 motion is necessarily limited to questions of constitutionality and bad faith, see Wade v. United States, 504 U.S. 181, 112 S.Ct. 1840, 118 L.Ed.2d 524 (1992), neither of which is present in the instant case.
Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court is hereby AFFIRMED.