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Case: 23-10456        Document: 00517058837             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/07/2024

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10456
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                               February 7, 2024
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Rico Marion,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-230-2
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   Before Jones, Smith, and Dennis, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Rico Marion appeals the sentence imposed following his conviction
   for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. His
   guidelines range calculation included an enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G.
   § 2D1.1(b)(16)(B)(i) for involving an individual that Marion knew was under

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10456      Document: 00517058837          Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/07/2024

                                    No. 23-10456

   18 years of age in the offense. Marion renews his argument that the district
   court did not have sufficient evidence that he knew the minor’s age.
          We review the district court’s factual findings for clear error. See
   United States v. Caldwell, 448 F.3d 287, 290 (5th Cir. 2006). The district
   court based its finding of knowledge on evidence showing that Marion
   referred to the minor as “young” and “little” in his post-arrest interview as
   well as Marion’s lack of surprise when informed in the interview that the
   minor was fifteen. The district court’s findings are “plausible in light of the
   record as a whole” and are, therefore, not clearly erroneous. Id.
          AFFIRMED.

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