United States v. Sudeen

* 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
May 8, 2007
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-30485
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
MOTILALL SUDEEN, also known as Moti Sudeen,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
(2:02-CR-62-1)
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Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Defendant-Appellant Motilall Sudeen appeals his 120-month term
of imprisonment that was imposed following his convictions for
conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, wire
fraud, travel fraud, and money laundering. Sudeen contends that
the district court reversibly erred by imposing a guidelines
sentence without independently determining that the sentencing
range was reasonable and without considering all of the sentencing
factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

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2
The record reflects that the district court implicitly
considered the statutory sentencing factors. See United States v.
Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 519 (5th Cir. 2005); United States v. Smith,
440 F.3d 704, 707 (5th Cir. 2006). Sudeen has not shown that the
sentence was unreasonable or that we should not defer to the
district court’s determinations at sentencing. See Mares, 402 F.3d
at 519.
AFFIRMED.

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