Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae Eugene MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-06-25
Citations: 13 F. App'x 552
Docket Number: No. 01-30014; D.C. No. CR-99-000526-HA
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae Eugene MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 13
Pages: 552–553

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontae Eugene MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-30014.
D.C. No. CR-99-000526-HA.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 11, 2001.
Decided June 25, 2001.
Before O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Dontae Eugene Mathis appeals the sentence imposed after his entering of a guilty plea for the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Mathis objected prior to sentencing to certain paragraphs included within the presentencing report. The paragraphs contained allegations of past criminal behavior which Mathis controverted. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(c)(1) requires that the district court "rule on any unresolved objections to the presentence report" and either make "a finding on the allegation or a determination that no finding is necessary because the controverted matter will not be taken into account in, or will not affect, sentencing." Although the district court denied Mathis' motion to strike the controverted information from the presentencing report, it neither made a finding regarding the controverted issue nor declared that a finding was unnecessary. The United States Attorney agrees that the district court violated 32(c)(1). Therefore, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing. See United States v. Carter, 219 F.3d 863, 866 (9th Cir.2000) (citing United States v. Fernandez-Angulo, 897 F.2d 1514, 1516 (9th Cir.1990) (en banc)).
SENTENCE VACATED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.