Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Adam Boyken DAVISON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-05-06
Citations: 378 F. App'x 673
Docket Number: No. 09-30250
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Adam Boyken DAVISON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 378
Pages: 673–674

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Adam Boyken DAVISON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-30250.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 4, 2010.
Filed May 6, 2010.
Kory Larsen, Special Assistant U.S., USGF — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Great Falls, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Evangelo Arvanetes, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FDMT — Federal Defenders of Montana, Great Falls, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: WARDLAW and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Richard Mills, Senior United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
James Adam Boyken Davison ("Davi-son") appeals his sentence to 106 months' imprisonment following his guilty plea and conviction of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a university in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 860(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The conviction is not challenged; the sole appeal is to the sentence. The dis trict court did not err by finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that Davison created a substantial l'isk of harm to the life of his eleven-month old son. See USSG § 2Dl.l(b)(10)(D). The district court addressed the four factors enumerated in Guidelines Application Note 20(A), considered the particular characteristics of Davi-son's manufacturing operation, and employed the correct burden of proof. See United States v. Staten, 466 F.3d 708, 716-18 & n. 4 (9th Cir.2006). Clear and convincing evidence supports the district court's finding that Davison's son was present in the apartment throughout the offense. Davison kept dangerous chemicals in places to which his son had access, stored chemicals in a manner that was not child-resistant, and disposed of dangerous materials in ordinary trash cans and trash bags proximate to his son. Davison also covered a bathroom vent, exposing his son to the dangers of toxic fumes. The government's expert, Doctor Nancy Maynard, testified to the serious risks that the presence of the toxic chemicals used in and produced during methamphetamine manufacture pose to an eleven-month old child. There was clear and convincing evidence that Davison's son had been exposed to these risks for at least two weeks. This evidence included Davison's statement to the police officers, statements in the parties' Joint Memorandum in Aid of Sentencing and Stipulated Facts, the quantity of chemicals and discarded containers found in Davison's apartment, and the progress that Davison had made in manufacturing methamphetamine until apprehended. That methamphetamine was found in a baby-food jar and that Davison's son tested positive for methamphetamine confirm the substantial risk of harm Davison's careless methamphetamine manufacture posed to his son. Those who would manu-factui'e methamphetamine with an infant child crawling underfoot and in the presence of dangerous chemicals cannot validly challenge that they have placed the child in serious danger.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. We review a district court's interpretation of the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelines") de novo, its application of the Guidelines for abuse of discretion, and its factual findings for clear error. United States v. Cruz-Gramajo, 570 F.3d 1162, 1167 (9th Cir.2009).