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Date Created: 2023-03-16 00:00:22.52158+00
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Case: 22-40397        Document: 00516678108             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/15/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                     United States Court of Appeals
                                                                              Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-40397
                                                                            FILED
                                    Summary Calendar                  March 15, 2023
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                                                                       Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Nancy Yvette Garcia,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 5:21-CR-354-2
                     ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Nancy Yvette Garcia pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap with
   intent to extort and injure another. The district court sentenced her to 188
   months in prison.         The district court applied a six-level sentencing
   enhancement for use of a firearm pursuant to U.S.S.G. 2B3.2(b)(3)(A)(ii).

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-40397      Document: 00516678108            Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/15/2023

                                      No. 22-40397

   On appeal, Garcia argues that the facts were insufficient to show she used a
   gun during the commission of her crime.
          The standard of review for the district court’s factual findings during
   sentencing is clear error. United States v. Landreneau, 967 F.3d 443, 449 (5th
   Cir. 2020). “A factual finding is not clearly erroneous if it is plausible in light
   of the record read as a whole.” Id.
          First, Garcia does not dispute that her accomplice struck the victim
   with a gun, and that this would still warrant the six-point enhancement. See
   United States v. Hammond, 201 F.3d 346, 351 (5th Cir. 1999). Thus, she has
   abandoned any challenge to the district court’s ruling on this ground. See,
   e.g., Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224–25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Second, the Presentence Report relied on two FBI interviews with the
   victim who stated that Garcia pistol whipped him. While Garcia attacks the
   credibility and consistency of the victim’s statements, she introduced no
   countervailing evidence nor are her arguments sufficient to demonstrate the
   PSR’s unreliability. See United States v. Zuniga, 720 F.3d 587, 590–91 (5th
   Cir. 2013). Thus, she fails to show clear error in the district court’s
   conclusion.
          AFFIRMED.

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