Opinion ID: 199445
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: O'Connell's Thirty-Month Sentence

Text: 18 O'Connell appeals the district court's decision to sentence him at the high end of the twenty-four to thirty-month Guideline range, alleging that the district court's sentencing decision was imposed in violation of the law. The district court commented that one of the reasons for the high sentence was a continued belief that more than $723,000 was lost as a result of O'Connell's actions. O'Connell accuses the district court of offend[ing] fundamental fairness in violation of due process in relying on intuition that much more monetary damage had occurred than was reflected in the sentencing figure. 19 According to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c), a district court does not have to provide any reason for a particular sentence, provided that the sentence falls within the Guidelines range and the range does not span more than twenty-four months. This is the case here, as the district court did not depart from the Guidelines and the sentencing range was only six months. Even more importantly, we have repeatedly held that when a district court sentences within the appropriate Guideline range, we have no authority to review that sentence. United States v. Rosario-Peralta, 199 F.3d 552, 569 (1st Cir. 1999); United States v. Rodrguez, 162 F.3d 135, 151 (1st Cir. 1998); United States v. Panet-Collazo, 960 F.2d 256,261 (1st Cir. 1992). We conclude, then, that there is no appellate jurisdiction as to this issue. 2