Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Anthony CHALLENGER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-22
Citations: 79 F. App'x 86
Docket Number: No. 03-50180
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Anthony CHALLENGER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 79
Pages: 86–87

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Anthony CHALLENGER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-50180
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 22, 2003.
Mark Randolph Stelmach, James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Philip J. Lynch, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Charles Anthony Challenger appeals his sentence following his guilty-plea conviction on six counts of wire fraud. See 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Challenger argues that the district court erred in enhancing his base offense level by two after finding that some of his victims were "vulnerable vic tims" for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 3Al.l(b)(l). The Sentencing Guidelines provide for a two-level increase in the base offense level "[i]f the defendant knew or should have known that a victim of the offense was a vulnerable victim." U.S.S.G. § 3Al.l(b)(l). "We review the district court's interpretation of the guidelines de novo; we review a finding of unusual vulnerability for clear error and to determine whether the district court's conclusion was plausible in light of the record as a whole." United States v. Robinson, 119 F.3d 1205, 1218 (5th Cir.1997) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
The district court's determination that Challenger knew or should have known that some of his victims were vulnerable victims was "plausible in light of the record as a whole." Id. (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). It was not clear error for the district court to enhance Challenger's sentence under U.S.S.G. § 3Al.l(b)(l). See United States v. Scurlock, 52 F.3d 531, 541-42 (5th Cir. 1995); see also United States v. Brown, 7 F.3d 1155, 1160-61 (5th Cir.1993).
Accordingly, Challenger'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.