Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clintone WALKER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-11-22
Citations: 404 F. App'x 201
Docket Number: No. 10-30096
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clintone WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 404
Pages: 201–202

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clintone WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-30096.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 16, 2010.
Filed Nov. 22, 2010.
Craig Michael Warner, Assistant U.S., U.S. Department of Justice, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Allan David Beiswenger, I, Esquire, Law Offices of Allan D. Beiswenger, Anchorage, AK, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Clintone Walker appeals from the six-month sentence imposed after the district court found him in criminal contempt for failure to testify in a criminal case, as ordered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 6002. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Walker contends the district court procedurally erred by failing to discuss the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court was not required to discuss the Sentencing Guidelines because the offense was a Class B misdemeanor and the Sentencing Guidelines do not apply to such misdemeanors. See Taylor v. Hayes, 418 U.S. 488, 495-96, 94 S.Ct. 2697, 41 L.Ed.2d 897 (1974) (recognizing that contempt cases tried without a jury have a maximum sentence of six months); see also 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a)(7) (categorizing offenses with maximum sentences of six months as Class B misdemeanors); U.S.S.G. § 1B1.9 (providing that the Sentencing Guidelines do not apply to Class B misdemeanors).
Walker also contends that the district court proeedurally erred by failing to consider and discuss the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). This contention fails. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc) ("The district court need not tick off each of the § 3553(a) factors to show that it has considered them.").
Walker further argues that his sentence was excessive. The district court did not proeedurally err and the sentence was not substantively unreasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007); Carty, 520 F.3d at 991-93.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.