Opinion ID: 4123854
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Anticipated-Amended Loss Table

Text: Pielsticker based his second motion for variance on a pending amendment to the 2015 sentencing guidelines. As mentioned above, the district court applied the 2014 sentencing guidelines, which imposed a 20-level enhancement for losses of more than $7 million and not more than $20 million. USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1)(K). Beginning November 1, 2015, an amendment to the fraud-loss table in USSG § 2B1.1 increased the threshold for a 20-level enhancement from $7 million to $9.5 million. USSG § 2B1.1(b)(K) (U.S. Sentencing Comm’n 2015). Based on Pielsticker’s assuming that the district court erred by finding that he entered the bank-fraud conspiracy at its outset, he argues that the district court ignored the “parsimony principle” of § 3553(a) by not applying the 2015 guidelines. Appellant Opening Br. at 38. This argument fails because the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that Pielsticker joined the conspiracy at its outset, see supra Discussion Sections I(A)(2), and (3).