Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Domminic KELLEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-05
Citations: 431 F. App'x 363
Docket Number: No. 10-10431
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Domminic KELLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, JOLLY, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 431
Pages: 363–364

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Domminic KELLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-10431
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 5, 2011.
Nancy E. Larson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
James Warren St. John, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, JOLLY, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Domminic Kelley was convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute crack cocaine and was sentenced to serve 225 months in prison and a three-year term of supervised release. This court is now presented with his appeal of this sentence. In his sole claim, he argues that the district court's calculation of the amount of drugs that should be used to determine his sentence is erroneous because it was based solely on the uncorroborated statements of his coeonspirator. The district court's drug quantity determination is a factual finding that we review for clear error. United States v. Betancourt, 422 F.3d 240, 246 (5th Cir.2005).
Our review of the record and Kelley's arguments shows that the district court's drug-quantity calculation is plausible in light of the entire record and thus is not clearly erroneous. See id. As Kelley adduced no evidence to rebut the factual findings in the presentence report, the district court acted within its discretion by relying on it at sentencing. See United States v. Rose, 449 F.3d 627, 633 (5th Cir.2006). The case on which Kelley relies, United States v. Mergerson, 4 F.3d 337, 346-47 (5th Cir.1993), is materially distinguishable.
Because Kelley not shown that the district court's drug quantity determination was not plausible in light of the record as a whole, he likewise has not shown that the district court committed clear error in calculating the drug quantity for which he was held accountable at sentencing. See Betancourt, 422 F.3d at 246. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.