Court Opinion

ID: 9484538
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:56:31.274275+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:50:18.431951
License: Public Domain

McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge,
concurs in part and dissents in part.
I dissent from that part of the majority opinion which holds that the district court was not clearly erroneous in raising Ms. Fox’s base offense level by two levels on the ground that in committing the crime charged, Ms. Fox abused a position of private trust. In this regard, the majority opinion states that “[ujnder the facts of this case, it is not obvious whether or not Ms. Fox abused a position of trust and therefore, we do not believe the district court’s determination was clearly erroneous.” If that be the case, i.e., “it is not obvious ...,” I would suggest that the record does not support the district court’s determination that Ms. Fox abused a position of trust. In any event, the record indicates to me that Ms. Fox’s job was low level and not a position involving a private trust. Her job was more like a bank teller than a bank trust officer.