Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary WHITE, AKA Big J-Killa, AKA Big Killa, AKA JC, AKA James Cail White, AKA JC White, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-12
Citations: 698 F. App'x 917
Docket Number: No. 16-50113
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary WHITE, AKA Big J-Killa, AKA Big Killa, AKA JC, AKA James Cail White, AKA JC White, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 698
Pages: 917–917

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary WHITE, AKA Big J-Killa, AKA Big Killa, AKA JC, AKA James Cail White, AKA JC White, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-50113
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted August 8, 2017 Pasadena, California
Filed October 12, 2017
L. Ashley Aull, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mack Jenkins, Kevin M. Lally, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Scott Michael Lara, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ—Of-fice of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Gary Paul Bureham, Burcham & Zug-man, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
1. "[T]he district court may not contradict an affirmative finding by the jury." United States v. Pimentel-Lopez, 859 F.3d 1134, 1143 (9th Cir. 2016) (as amended). The district court here erred by sentencing White based on a higher drug weight than the jury found in its special verdict. See id. at 1140.
2. The district court also erred by relying on evidence outside the record without notifying White in advance. See United States v. Warr, 530 F.3d 1152, 1162-63 (9th Cir. 2008).
VACATED AND REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.