Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norma ABAPO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-18
Citations: 486 F. App'x 673
Docket Number: No. 11-50201
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norma ABAPO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and HERNANDEZ, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 673–673

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norma ABAPO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-50201.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 10, 2012.
Filed Oct. 18, 2012.
Curtis A. Kin, Esquire, Consuelo Wood-head, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gary Paul Burcham, Burcham & Zug-man, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: FERNANDEZ and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and HERNANDEZ, District Judge.
The Honorable Marco A. Hernandez, U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant appeals her sentence, contending the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(3)(B) by failing to resolve an alleged factual dispute concerning her intent to commit criminal acts which occurred after her guilty plea but before sentencing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
No Rule 32 violation occurred because there was no factual dispute to resolve. In the context of the arguments and statements made at sentencing, defense counsel's statement regarding "the issue of [defendant's] criminal intent" was an argument in favor of mitigation, not a request that the district court determine whether defendant possessed a certain mens rea when preparing the false tax returns in 2005-2007. Rule 32 does not apply to such arguments. United States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1188-89 (9th Cir.2009); United States v. Lindholm, 24 F.3d 1078, 1085 n. 7 (9th Cir.1994).
Even if defense counsel's statement can be viewed as such a request, there was still no factual dispute because "intent" is not a factual issue but is an ultimate conclusion which does not trigger Rule 32. Lindholm, 24 F.3d at 1085 n. 7.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.