Opinion ID: 699602
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Torres-Diaz's Claims

Text: 16 We review a challenge to the district court's determination of credit for time served for clear error. Blumberg, 961 F.2d at 792. Apart from a reference in the addendum to the PSR and an occasional tangentially relevant allusion elsewhere in the record, see, e.g., Appellant's Add. at A-13, the parties have identified no portions of the record to support their contradictory assertions concerning the duration of Torres-Diaz's state sentence. Compare Appellant's Br. at 10 (post-January 1994 detention due to federal hold) with Appellee's Br. at 5 (state sentence did not expire until September 20, 1994). Moreover, we have carefully reviewed the record on appeal, and have found it to be utterly devoid of the materials necessary to resolve the issues raised on appeal. Given the deplorable state of the record, we are unable to find that the district court clearly erred when it awarded Torres-Diaz credit for time served beginning February 15, 1994. See In re Schnabel, 612 F.2d 315, 318 (7th Cir.1980) (affirming bankruptcy court determination where appellants failed to provide a proper record on which to evaluate their argument). We admonish the parties in the future to provide the court with the materials necessary to evaluate their arguments. 17 Torres-Diaz claims that the 100-month sentence was an upward departure from the plea agreement. Torres-Diaz misconstrues the plain language of the plea agreement. The plea agreement specifically contemplates that the court might exercise its discretion adversely to Torres-Diaz and explicitly notes that Torres-Diaz's criminal history might result in an increased sentencing range. Thus, Torres-Diaz's challenge is to the extent of the district court's downward departure. This argument is meritless. The extent of a downward departure is unreviewable. United States v. Dutcher, 8 F.3d 11, 12 (8th Cir.1993).