Opinion ID: 1085611
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Loss Guidelines

Text: Defendants also argue that their sentences are substantively unreasonable because the loss Guideline under U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(1) results in excessively harsh sentences. Even assuming that application of § 2B1.1(b)(1) might result in substantively unreasonable sentences in some cases, this is not one of them in light of defendants’ particular criminal history, risk of recidivism, and harm caused. In any event, “[w]e have never held that a district court is required to reject an applicable Guideline.” United States v. Salim, 690 F.3d 115, 126 (2d Cir. 2012). “At most, the judge may give a non-Guidelines sentence where she disagrees with the weight the Guidelines assigns to a factor.” Id. Defendants’ sentences thus are not substantively unreasonable due the district court’s application of § 2B1.1(b)(1).