Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherri Ann KAETHER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-12
Citations: 157 F. App'x 710
Docket Number: No. 04-10396
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherri Ann KAETHER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WEINER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 157
Pages: 710–710

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherri Ann KAETHER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-10396.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 12, 2005.
Floyd Clardy, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Peter Michael Fleury, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WEINER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
We previously affirmed the district court's upward departure in sentencing Sherri Ann Kaether for unlawful possession of stolen mail. While petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court was pending in this case, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Booker. It subsequently granted Kaether's petition for certiorari and vacated and remanded for reconsideration in light of Booker.
As the Government concedes, there was Booker error here because the district court enhanced Kaether's sentence based on facts, other than a prior conviction, neither alleged in the indictment and proven to a jury nor admitted by Kaether. However, because Kaether concedes that she did not preserve this error, she must show that the error was plain. And she concedes that she cannot meet this burden because she cannot show that the district court would have sentenced her less harshly had it known the Sentencing Guidelines were not mandatory. We decline her invitation to revisit our precedent rejecting her arguments that plain error review should not apply and that Booker's remedial holding cannot be applied to her retroactively.
Kaether's sentence 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined, that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
. 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
. See United States v. Akpan, 407 F.3d 360, 375-76 (5th Cir.2005).
. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 522 (5th Cir.2005).
. See id.
. See United States v. Scroggins, 411 F.3d 572, 575-77 (5th Cir.2005).