United States v. Wiberg

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 24 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-5015 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 1:24-cr-00092-SPW-1 v. MEMORANDUM* JEREMIAH ROBERT WIBERG,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 22, 2026**

Before: CANBY, BENNETT, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Jeremiah Robert Wiberg appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges the 13-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for

failure to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Wiberg first argues that the government breached the plea agreement at the

original sentencing hearing by failing to recommend a sentence at the low end of

the guideline range. However, any prejudice caused by that breach was remedied

when the government acknowledged the breach and the district court reopened

sentencing proceedings to hear argument consistent with the plea agreement,

resulting in a reduction in Wiberg’s sentence from 16 to 13 months. Wiberg asserts

that the breach was nevertheless harmful because the government’s “recitation of

the parade of horribles” as part of its original sentencing argument caused the court

to deny a further reduction under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.23 at the reopened sentencing

hearing. The record shows, however, that the district court considered Wiberg’s

history solely to determine whether to adjust the instant sentence to reflect time

served on Wiberg’s completed sentence in separate supervised release proceedings.

See U.S.S.G. §§ 5G1.3(b), 5K2.23 (2024). The court did not abuse its discretion in

concluding that no further reduction was warranted. See Gall v. United States, 552

U.S. 38, 51 (2007).

AFFIRMED.

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