Opinion ID: 766923
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: U.S.S.G. S 3B1.1(b)

Text: 115 Section 3B1.1(b) provides: If the defendant was a manager or supervisor (but not an organizer or leader) and the criminal activity involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 3 levels. Mikayelyan argues that the district court erred in finding that he was a manager or supervisor of the extortion attempt under U.S.S.G. S 3B1.1(b). We are not persuaded. 116 Mikayelyan admitted that he was the one initially contacted by Bekaryn to put together an extortion team. He subsequently recruited several of the people involved in the carstealing conspiracy to carry out the extortion attempt. He instructed them to drive to Glendale and meet Bekaryn for further instructions. Also probative was evidence that Mikayelyan was the leader of the overall car stealing conspiracy. See United States v. Scarano, 975 F.2d 580, 587 (9th Cir. 1992) (as amended) (considering all relevant conduct in determining whether to adjust the defendant's sentence under S 3B1.1(b)). This court has affirmed adjustments under S 3B1.1(b) under similar circumstances. See United States v. Arias-Villanueva, 998 F.2d 1491, 1514 (9th Cir. 1993) (no clear error where evidence at trial showed that[the defendant] supervised a heroin network consisting of several persons, two of whom were charged in the same indictment); United States v. Koenig, 952 F.2d 267, 273 (9th Cir. 1991) (no clear error where the defendant recruited one person and played managerial role in scheme; no clear error for codefendant where that defendant took the lead  in allocating manpower and played a role in educating members of the scheme). 117 We hold that the district court's finding that Mikayelyan was a manager or supervisor under section 3B1.1(b) was not clearly erroneous, and that the district court did not err in applying a three-level adjustment to Mikayelyan's sentencing score.