Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                           No. 01-30619
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

DAVID EUGENE DISHNER,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
              for the Middle District of Louisiana
                       USDC No. 00-CR-1-1
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                        February 21, 2002

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     A jury convicted David Eugene Dishner of conspiracy to

commit mail fraud and of eleven counts of mail fraud.    Dishner

appeals his forty-one-month sentence, arguing that the district

court erred by increasing his offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G.

§ 3B1.1(a), which provides for a four-level upward adjustment if

the defendant was an organizer or leader of an offense involving

five or more participants or that was otherwise extensive.

Dishner argues that this upward adjustment is erroneous because

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
                          No. 01-30619
                               -2-

there is no evidence in the record to support a finding that five

or more participants were involved in the offense.

     At his sentencing hearing, Dishner’s attorney argued that

it would be “appropriate” for the district court to impose a

three-level upward adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(b), which

provides for a three-level upward adjustment if the defendant was

a manager or supervisor of an offense involving five or more

participants that was otherwise extensive.   Dishner has thus

waived any challenge to the number of participants in the

offense, and his argument is not reviewable on appeal.   See

United States v. Musquiz, 45 F.3d 927, 931 (5th Cir. 1995); see

also United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 733-34 (1993).

     This appeal is frivolous; it is DISMISSED.   5TH CIR. R. 42.2.