Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Adan LOPEZ, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-25
Citations: 102 F. App'x 61
Docket Number: No. 03-3628
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Adan LOPEZ, Appellant.
Judges: Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 102
Pages: 61–62

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Adan LOPEZ, Appellant.
No. 03-3628.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2004.
Decided June 25, 2004.
Bruce Wellesley Gillan, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Adan Lopez, Forrest City, AR, pro se.
Joseph F. Gross, Jr., Timmermier & Gross, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Adan Lopez pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine. The presentence report concluded Lopez would be eligible for "safety valve" relief under U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2, but for his failure to disclose to the government all information he knew about the offense. See id. § 5C1.2(a)(5). Lopez did not object to this conclusion in the presentence report. At sentencing, after defense counsel told the district court there was no reason the court should not proceed to sentence Lopez, the district court sentenced Lopez at the bottom of the applicable sentencing guideline range. Later in the hearing, Lopez raised the issue of a safety valve reduction. Lopez did not explain why he waited until after pronouncement of the sentence before raising the objection. The district court refused to entertain the objection, and completed the sentencing process. Lopez now appeals the district court's refusal to entertain the safety valve issue. Having carefully reviewed the record and the applicable law, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing the entertain Lopez's un timely objection. See United States v. Jones, 70 F.3d 1009, 1010 (8th Cir.1995) (per curiam).
We thus affirm the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47 B.
The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.