United States v. Page

Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 98-1789

UNITED STATES,

Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

DAVID E. PAGE,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Selya, Circuit Judge, Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge, and Stahl, Circuit Judge.

Tina Schneider on brief for appellant. Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, and F. Mark Terison, Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.

February 4, 1999

Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and record, we perceive no clear error in the district court's estimate of the town's "loss." See U.S.S.G. 2F1.1, application note 7; U.S.S.G. B1.1, commentary; see also U.S.S.G. 2C1.1 & 2C1.7. Given the information available to the district court, that estimate reasonably accounted for the direct reduction in the town's tax revenues that was occasioned by defendant's fraudulent conduct. Defendant's specific appellate arguments are meritless. The government's motion for summary disposition is granted. Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.

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