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U.S. v. WEST

No. 03-3149.

392 F.3d 450 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Jake WEST, Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Ormes argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. Phillis Payne entered an appearance.

Suzanne Grealy Curt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and Steven W. Pelak, Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges.

ROBERTS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Jake West pled guilty to two charges related to the embezzlement of funds from a union pension fund. He later asked the district court to allow him to withdraw his plea; the court refused. West now urges us to reverse that ruling, and also presents several challenges to his sentence. We find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying West's motion to withdraw his plea. With regard to the sentence, we decide that...

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